Table 3. Phenotypic changes in different genotypes of rapid-cycling B. rapa plants after 5-azaC treatment.

(post-hoc multiple phenotypic comparisons).

	Genotype A		Genotype B		Genotype C		Genotype D		Genotype E
Plant trait	change	P value	change	P value	change	P value	change	P value	change	P value
Plant Height [cm]	↓	< 0.001	↓	< 0.001	↓	< 0.001	-	0.310	↓	0.001
Time to Flowering [d]	↑	< 0.001	-	0.109	↑	< 0.001	-	0.373	-	0.017
Leaf Number	↓	< 0.001	↓	0.022	↓	< 0.001	-	0.597	-	0.158
Bud Number	↓	< 0.001	↓	< 0.001	↓	< 0.001	-	0.705	↓	0.004
Flower Number	↓	0.013	-	0.140	-	0.107	-	0.140	↓	0.022
Flower Petal Area [mm2]	↓	< 0.001	↓	< 0.001	↓	< 0.001	↓	0.022	↓	0.022
Plant Petal Area [mm2]	↓	< 0.001	↓	< 0.001	↓	< 0.001	-	0.338	↓	0.002
Nectar Amount [μl]	↓	< 0.001	-	0.948	↓	0.019	-	0.948	-	0.058
Phenylethyl Alcohol	-	1.000	-	0.196	↓	0.001	-	1.000	-	1.000

Multiple comparisons show a decreased phenotypic performance in response to genome demethylation in all five different plant families (genotype A-E). However, the five genotypes differ in their susceptibility to the 5-azaC-treatment. While some genotypes (e.g. genotype C) exhibit phenotypic changes in a large number of traits, other genotypes such as genotype D are almost unaffected. Arrow up: trait increase, arrow down: trait decrease, dash: no trait change, P value of significant changes in bold (α = 0.05).