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Table 1 Phenotypic comparison between d2014 and WT

From: Maize brachytic2 (br2) suppresses the elongation of lower internodes for excessive auxin accumulation in the intercalary meristem region

Traits

d2014

WT

Variation

Plant height (cm)

163.02 ± 2.00***

221.63 ± 2.17

−58.61

Ear height (cm)

35.97 ± 1.33***

80.56 ± 0.67

−44.59

Total tassel length (cm)

45.50 ± 5.67

47.37 ± 6.33

−1.87

Tassel branch number (cm)

11.67 ± 2.07

13.12 ± 4.00

− 1.45

Tasseling stage (day)

50 ± 0.32

50 ± 0.12

0

Total leaf number

20.49 ± 0.45

20.4 ± 0.38

0.09

Leaf number above the ear

7.06 ± 0.23

6.70 ± 0.27

0.36

Ear length (cm)

14.13 ± 0.49

15.04 ± 0.43

− 0.91

Ear width (cm)

4.59 ± 0.26

5.16 ± 0.20

− 0.57

Grain length (cm)

1.09 ± 0.02

1.12 ± 0.03

−0.03

Grain width (cm)

0.92 ± 0.01

0.89 ± 0.02

0.03

Ear weight (g)

122.12 ± 4.44

133.25 ± 4.89

−11.13

Hundred-grain weight (g)

32.35 ± 0.50

32.23 ± 0.43

0.12

  1. Vaues indicate mean ± SD. *** represents significant difference between d2014 and WT at 0.001 level