Table 1. Total leaf number, Bolting and flowering times of WT and 35S-OsATG8b transgenic Arabidopsis.

	WT	L-13	L-14	L-21
Total leaf number	14.12 ± 0.35	15.06 ± 0.47**	15.19 ± 0.52**	15.28 ± 0.58**
Bolting time (d)	36.56 ± 1.58	30.78 ± 2.07**	31.39 ± 1.91**	31.06 ± 2.01**
Flowering time (d)	42.67 ± 1.75	35.94 ± 1.98**	36.61 ± 1.94**	36.44 ± 2.01**

Values are means ± SD of three biological replicates (n = 24)

**P < 0.01 (t-test), significant difference from the WT, the time to flowering and bolting were scored as days after sowing (DAS). The total leaf number was counted after the rosettes growth completed.