Table 3.

Leaf chlorophyll content, plant height, and tiller number of the wild type and OMT1/DiT2 double overexpressed lines

	Chl (SPAD value)	Tiller number	Plant height (cm)
Wild type	43.8±1.1 a	17.3±1.6ns	99.3±3.8 ab
OMT1-79/DiT2-44	39.9±1.6 ab	24.7±6.4ns	97.7±1.8 a
OMT1-80/DiT2-39	40.9±1.6 ab	13±0.7ns	96.7±3.1 ab
OMT1-45/DiT2-27	36.6±1.5 b	18±3.3ns	87.7±4.7 b

Chlorophyll SPAD values are the average ±SEM of three leaves from three plants at mid-tillering stage using the upper fully expanded leaves. Tiller number and plant height are the average ±SEM of three individual F₂ plants at 90 d post-germination. Different letters within groups indicate that values are statistically different P≤0.05, Tukey’s multiple comparison test. ns indicates non-significant, P>0.05.