Table 1.

Agronomic traits of wild type Kitaake and overexpression lines when planted in the field under NLD conditions

Trait	Kitaake	OE18	OE19	OE26
Plant height (cm)	65.66 ± 1.02	76.30 ± 0.84**	78.00 ± 1.07**	78.31 ± 0.98**
No. of tillers	19.00 ± 0.74	18.67 ± 1.15	16.80 ± 1.31	17.53 ± 0.94
Panicle length (cm)	13.03 ± 0.35	17.97 ± 0.22**	19.31 ± 0.61**	19.08 ± 0.43**
Primary branches, No./panicle	6.30 ± 0.15	16.40 ± 0.40**	14.90 ± 0.41**	16.30 ± 0.50**
Secondary branches, No./panicle	9.10 ± 0.53	24.40 ± 1.29**	26.60 ± 1.86**	26.90 ± 0.67**
Grains/panicle	58.40 ± 2.01	163.70 ± 6.16**	163.60 ± 7.16**	174.00 ± 2.51**
Thousand grain weight (g)	26.35 ± 0.12	25.23 ± 0.47	24.93 ± 0.64	24.92 ± 0.42

**P ≤ 0.01.