Figure 1.

Seed and silique phenotypes observed in Arabidopsis atg mutants. A, Number of seeds per silique. B, Seed weight. C, Silique length. D, Seed yield. E, Total siliques per plant. F, Branch number. Seed weight was obtained by measuring 500 seeds (n = 10). Silique length (C) was determined in images taken with a digital camera (Canon Powershot A650 IS) attached to a stereomicroscope (Zeiss Stemi 2000-C). The measurements were performed on the images using ImageJ software. Values presented are means ± se of at least 10 biological replicates per genotype. Asterisks designate values that were determined by Student’s t test to be significantly different (P < 0.05) from the wild type (WT).