Table 2.

Phenotype of the wild-type and SlYABBY2b RNAi transgenic plants

Type	Plant height (cm)				Stem diameter (cm)
	4-leaf stage	8-leaf stage		12-leaf stage	4-leaf stage	8-leaf stage		12-leaf stage
FL1	3.9±0.2aA	7.7±0.4aA		32.2±2.2aA	0.256±0.024aA	0.390±0.057bB		0.839±0.068bB
SlYABBY2b RNAi	4.9±0.3bB	9.8±0.3bB		38.6±2.8bB	0.248±0.016aA	0.368±0.034aA		0.785±0.056aA
Type	The first internodal length (cm)				The second internodal length (cm)
	4-leaf stage	8-leaf stage		12-leaf stage	4-leaf stage	8-leaf stage		12-leaf stage
FL1	0.5±0.1aA	1.0±0.2aA		2.1±0.2aA	0.5±0.1aA	1.1±0.3aA		2.0±0.1aA
SlYABBY2b RNAi	0.6±0.0bB	1.5±0.2bB		2.5±0.2bB	0.6±0.0bB	1.6±0.2bB		2.4±0.3bB
Type	The first flower of the first truss				The second flower of the first truss
	First fruit	Second fruit		Third fruit	First fruit	Second fruit		Third fruit
FL1	2.3±0.5aA	2.1±0.3aA		2.6±0.5aA	2.5±0.5aA	2.2±0.4aA		2.4±0.5aA
SlYABBY2b RNAi	2.9±0.3bB	3.0±0.0bB		3.1±0.3bB	3.4±0.5bB	3.3±0.7bB		3.1±0.7bB
Type	The third flower of the first truss				The first inflorescence
	First fruit	Second fruit		Third fruit	Total flowers	Sepals	Petals	Average fruit weight (g)
FL1	2.3±0.5aA	2.5±0.5aA		2.2±0.4aA	5.4±0.6aA	5.3±0.2aA	5.1±0.1aA	44.5±11.7aA
SlYABBY2b RNAi	3.2±0.6bB	3.2±0.4bB		3.1±0.7bB	6.0±1.1bB	5.4±0.2aA	5.1±0.2aA	54.4±18.4bB
Type	The second inflorescence				The third inflorescence
	Total flowers	Sepals	Petals	Average fruit weight (g)	Total flowers	Sepals	Petals	Average fruit weight (g)
FL1	5.6±0.6aA	4.9±0.2aA	5.0±0.0aA	79.4±16.7aA	5.8±0.5aA	5.1±0.4aA	5.1±0.2aA	81.7±17.8aA
SlYABBY2b RNAi	6.0±1.8bB	5.1±0.2bB	5.3±0.5bB	87.9±23.4bB	6.0±0.9bB	5.6±0.4bB	5.5±0.5bB	82.2±7.5bB

Values are expressed as mean±standard deviation (n=3). Values in the same column followed by different letters are statistically different between different plants: ^a,b P<0.05, ^A,B P<0.01