FIGURE 5.

Role of Stvb-i and Stvb-i paralogous genes in plant growth. (A) Height of aboveground parts of rice plants at 36 days after planting. (B) Average number of tillers in non-inoculated plants of Stvb-i–silenced lines at the vegetative and heading stages. (C) The average number of tillers at the vegetative and heading stages in three non-inoculated RNAi lines (Os11g31500-suppressed lines), Yu5001, Yu5002, and Yu5008. In all three panels, different letters indicate significant difference (Tukey–Kramer test, p < 0.01, n = 15). WT, wild type.