Table 4 Expression level of genes involved in organ size and chloroplast-targeted genes detected by quantitative RT-PCR at different times after sowing

  ANT

0.05 ± 0.013^b (1.60)

0.02 ± 0.002^a (0.55)

0.03 ± 0.007^ab (1.11)

  CYCD3;1

169.99 ± 15.920^b (1.29)

92.64 ± 18.702^a (0.71)

118.23 ± 19.826^ab (0.90)

  EBP1

791.80 ± 63.295^b (1.24)

480.63 ± 117.658^ab (0.76)

478.61 ± 75.656^a (0.75)

  ARGOS

38.14 ± 3.839^b (1.52)

12.16 ± 0.804^a (0.48)

18.60 ± 3.388^a (0.74)

  CHLM

7.27 ± 0.723^a (1.00)

7.43 ± 0.849^a (1.00)

9.57 ± 0.116^b (1.31*)

  CHL27

4.76 ± 0.368^ab (1.16)

3.47 ± 0.301^a (0.84)

5.94 ± 0.668^b (1.44*)

  PORB

18.44 ± 2.558^b (1.46)

6.74 ± 1.238^a (0.54)

20.63 ± 2.589^b (1.64)

  LHCA2

18.40 ± 0.671^b (1.41)

7.63 ± 0.691^a (0.59)

37.94 ± 5.624^c (2.91**)

  PORC

1.22 ± 0.085^a (0.88)

1.54 ± 0.249^ab (1.12)

2.11 ± 0.107^b (1.53**)

  PsbS

0.01 ± 0.001^a (0.86)

0.01 ± 0.005^a (1.14)

0.02 ± 0.008^a (2.21)

  ATPD

17.06 ± 3.687^a (0.95)

18.89 ± 3.689^a (1.05)

39.26 ± 8.350^b (2.18*)

  PsbP

54.56 ± 3.150^a (1.18)

37.57 ± 6.258^a (0.82)

96.10 ± 4.271^b (2.09**)

S27 (female)

R29 (male)

F₁-S27 × R29

  ANT

0.11 ± 0.035^a (1.47)

0.04 ± 0.009^a (0.53)

0.05 ± 0.024^a (0.72)

  CYCD3;1

60.47 ± 4.589^b (1.29)

33.15 ± 5.176^a (0.71)

27.29 ± 4.522^a (0.58)

  EBP1

231.00 ± 20.657^b (1.26)

134.80 ± 20.743^a (0.74)

117.18 ± 17.538^a (0.64)

  ARGOS

11.76 ± 0.966^b (1.14)

8.86 ± 1.563^ab (0.86)

5.27 ± 0.442^a (0.51*)

  CHLM

109.15 ± 7.716^a (1.12)

85.37 ± 9.127^a (0.88)

108.53 ± 9.602^a (1.12)

  CHL27

273.81 ± 5.100^a (0.72)

484.32 ± 146.105^a (1.28)

223.76 ± 23.998^a (0.59)

  PORB

879.58 ± 53.892^b (1.32)

456.81 ± 71.574^a (0.52)

509.17 ± 72.665^a (0.76)

  LHCA2

895.36 ± 89.621^a (0.68)

1729.73 ± 188.985^ab (1.32)

2354.13 ± 398.359^b (1.79*)

  PORC

34.55 ± 0.321^a (0.89)

43.16 ± 4.084^a (1.11)

41.58 ± 5.773^a (1.07)

  PsbS

0.29 ± 0.011^a (0.90)

0.36 ± 0.041^a (1.10)

0.35 ± 0.046^a (1.06)

  ATPD

1019.51 ± 74.779^a (1.03)

955.55 ± 121.680^a (0.97)

814.55 ± 216.658^a (0.82)

  PsbP

3939.02 ± 403.225^a (0.94)

4445.87 ± 611.073^a (1.06)

6319.69 ± 1259.573^a (1.51)

S27 (female)

R29 (male)

F₁-S27 × R29

  ANT

0.03 ± 0.007^a (1.31)

0.02 ± 0.001^a (0.69)

0.03 ± 0.006^a (1.14)

  CYCD3;1

12.91 ± 2.030^a (1.08)

10.96 ± 2.726^a (0.92)

10.80 ± 1.860^a (0.90)

  EBP1

95.48 ± 13.552^a (1.05)

85.76 ± 20.561^a (0.95)

84.79 ± 13.540^a (0.92)

  ARGOS

0.93 ± 0.183^a (1.23)

0.58 ± 0.126^a (0.77)

0.65 ± 0.122^a (0.83)

  CHLM

1.97 ± 0.208^a (0.76)

3.24 ± 0.913^a (1.24)

2.83 ± 0.659^a (1.09)

  CHL27

2.79 ± 0.531^a (0.47)

9.15 ± 3.558^a (1.53)

3.17 ± 0.59^a (0.53)

  PORB

18.43 ± 0.372^a (0.96)

20.05 ± 0.210^a (1.04)

18.31 ± 0.276^a (0.95)

  LHCA2

428.10 ± 155.529^a (0.96)

449.70 ± 131.546^a (1.02)

574.12 ± 318.830^a (1.31)

  PORC

7.60 ± 4.034^a (0.87)

9.77 ± 2.704^a (1.13)

11.92 ± 5.452^a (1.37)

  PsbS

0.03 ± 0.017^a (1.26)

0.02 ± 0.006^a (0.74)

0.01 ± 0.003^a (0.56)

  ATPD

122.09 ± 5.773^b (0.86)

163.22 ± 13.719^b (1.14)

91.23 ± 9.503^a (0.64*)

  PsbP

718.75 ± 75.843^a (1.03)

682.77 ± 44.241^a (0.97)

612.86 ± 49.441^a (0.87)

S27 (female)

R29 (male)

F₁-S27 × R29

  ANT

0.03 ± 0.004^b (1.23)

0.02 ± 0.002^a (0.82)^b

0.02 ± 0.002^a (0.62*)

  CYCD3;1

6.82 ± 0.801^b (1.21)

4.49 ± 0.470^a (0.79)

4.70 ± 0.671^a (0.83)

  EBP1

33.02 ± 3.196^a (1.14)

24.89 ± 4.347^a (0.86)

27.02 ± 3.787^a (0.93)

  ARGOS

0.46 ± 0.088^a (1.37)

0.21 ± 0.038^a (0.63)

0.22 ± 0.021^a (0.66)

  CHLM

2.20 ± 0.289^a (1.14)

1.67 ± 0.309^a (0.86)

1.79 ± 0.319^a (0.93)

  CHL27

1.96 ± 0.168^a (1.13)

1.52 ± 0.389^a (0.87)

1.52 ± 0.340^a (0.88)

  PORB

2.23 ± 0.169^a (0.97)

2.39 ± 0.340^a (1.03)

2.24 ± 0.313^a (0.97)

  LHCA2

39.10 ± 5.653^a (1.08)

33.21 ± 5.320^a (0.92)

36.19 ± 5.032^a (1.00)

  PORC

0.61 ± 0.078^a (0.77)

0.97 ± 0.245^a (1.23)

0.86 ± 0.165^a (1.09)

  PsbS

0.00 ± 0.002^a (1.26)

0.00 ± 0.000^a (0.74)

0.00 ± 0.000^a (0.74)

  ATPD

21.62 ± 0.925^a (1.05)

19.51 ± 1.521^a (0.95)

21.96 ± 2.212^a (1.07)

  PsbP

153.34 ± 8.824^a (1.11)

122.08 ± 4.314^a (0.89)

171.79 ± 23.599^a (1.25)

S27 (female)

R29 (male)

F₁-S27 × R29

  ANT

0.01 ± 0.006^a (0.77)

0.01 ± 0.010^a (1.23)

0.00 ± 0.001^a (0.28)

  CYCD3;1

2.10 ± 0.388^a (0.82)

3.02 ± 0.392^a (1.18)

2.57 ± 0.787^a (1.23)

  EBP1

19.52 ± 3.345^a (0.77)

31.08 ± 4.424^a (1.23)

27.88 ± 8.320^a (1.10)

  ARGOS

0.25 ± 0.067^a (1.07)

0.21 ± 0.026^a (0.93)

0.23 ± 0.035^a (1.01)

  CHLM

4.15 ± 0.187^a (1.12)

3.24 ± 0.504^a (0.88)

3.68 ± 0.536^a (1.00)

  CHL27

5.28 ± 0.742^a (1.13)

4.06 ± 0.369^a (0.87)

4.10 ± 0.257^a (0.88)

  PORB

1.91 ± 0.060^ab (1.15)

1.41 ± 0.073^a (0.85)

3.37 ± 0.768^b (2.03**)

  LHCA2

39.94 ± 2.660^a (1.06)

35.17 ± 3.957^a (0.94)

44.60 ± 1.578^a (1.19)

  PORC

1.14 ± 0.324^a (0.68)

2.20 ± 0.525^a (1.32)

1.26 ± 0.331^a (0.76)

  PsbS

0.01 ± 0.001^a (0.67)

0.01 ± 0.007^a (1.33)

0.01 ± 0.002^a (0.62)

  ATPD

38.36 ± 7.410^a (0.93)

44.09 ± 9.913^a (1.07)

41.11 ± 15.227^a (1.00)

  PsbP

192.31 ± 32.822^a (1.19)

131.54 ± 7.282^a (0.81)

216.30 ± 21.144^a (1.34)