Table 2.

Complementation by constitutive overexpression of ZmAGO1a in Arabidopsis ago1‐27 mutant

Line	Genotype	Phenotypes on leaves						Growing days (d)		Silique and seed nos. per plant
		Leaf No.	Margin serration	Stages with dark green leaves	Length (cm)	Width (cm)	Length/width	Days to flower	Days to maturity	Silique count	Seed count
ago1‐27	Columbia AtAGO1 mutant	7	+++	vegetative and reproductive stages	1.14 ± 0.03 C*	0.53 ± 0.02 C*	2.2 ± 0.09 A*	wt + 12	wt + 12	32.4 ± 1.83 B*	1458 ± 82.5 B*
16	ago1‐27 with 35S::ZmAGO1a	10	+	only at vegetative stage	1.34 ± 0.03 B*	0.80 ± 0.02 B*	1.7 ± 0.05 B*	wt + 2	Wt + 1	46.4 ± 1.50 A*	2088 ± 67.6 A*
19	ago1‐27 with 35S::ZmAGO1a	10	+	only at vegetative stage	1.49 ± 0.03 A*	0.92 ± 0.03 A*	1.6 ± 0.03 B*	wt + 1	Wt + 1	46.6 ± 1.40 A*	2097 ± 63.0 A*
21	ago1‐27 with 35S::ZmAGO1a	10	+	only at vegetative stage	1.50 ± 0.04 A*	0.90 ± 0.02 A*	1.7 ± 0.02 B*	wt + 1	Wt + 1	47.4 ± 0.87 A*	2133 ± 39.2 A*
wt	Columbia C0 (wild type)	11	−	Control	1.58 ± 0.03 A*	1.00 ± 0.02 A*	1.6 ± 0.04 B*	wt	wt	48.0 ± 3.89 A*	2160 ± 174.9 A*

“*” Values followed by different letters are significantly different according to Tukey's HSD (Honestly Significant Difference) test at a significance level of 0.05.