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. 2020 Oct 12;11:5138. doi: 10.1038/s41467-020-18890-y

Fig. 5. Inflorescence morphology and the gene expression pattern in sorghum.

Fig. 5

a Sorghum inflorescence shape in Wt cv. BT623. b Compact sorghum inflorescence in TILLING mutant ARS180 showing severe reduction in grain setting (Supplementary Table 2; also reported for rep1 mutant in rice, see Table 1). c Acute branch angle in mutant ARS180 versus d expanded branch angle of Wt (5.2° in mutant vs. 10.95° in Wt, P ≤ 0.001; see Supplementary Table 2). due to the lack or small size of the pulvinus. e Depicts lack of pulvinus at the base (black arrow) of the mutant lateral branch versus its presence (red, roundish area) in Wt (f). Arrows in yellow and pink represent the lateral primary branch and rachis, respectively, in both (e, f). g RT-qPCR of SbBAD1/WAB1 in organs of Wt plants. 1_1, 1_2 and 1_3 represent first, second, and third branch meristem stages, respectively. Data collected from n = 3 biologically independent experiments, n = 15–25 plants per experiment, mean ± SE of three biological replicates.