Table 1.

Simplification rate of maize from the 3-leaves stage to the jointing stage.

	3-Leaves	4-Leaves	5-Leaves	6-Leaves	7-Leaves	8-Leaves
Raw data	10,256	19,587	26,120	30,015	39,542	43,957
After simplification	7401	14,521	19,854	23,025	29,525	32,019
rate (%)	27.8	25.9	24.0	23.3	25.3	27.1