Figure 1.

Vegetative and Inflorescence Traits in gif1-1.

Phenotypes of gif1-1. In each, the wild type is on the left and gif1-1 is on the right (n ≥ 30).

(A) Whole plants during vegetative development.

(B) Excised mature leaf blades.

(C) Mature tassels.

(D) Immature, unpollinated ears. gif1-1 has ectopic branching at the ear base.

(E) Ear spikelets. Arrows indicate three rather than the two spikelets in gif1-1.

(F) Internodes subtending the tassel, with leaves removed.

(G) Progressive internode lengths with the topmost internode on the right.

(H) Cells of the abaxial epidermis are larger in gif1-1.

(I) Quantification of cell number per microscopic field. Error bars indicate the sd.

(J) Quantification of cell size. Error bars indicate the sd.