Fig. 7

Growth and development of the aitr mutants. a Plant morphology of the Col wild type and the aitr mutants. Up panel, 7-week-old plants, middle panel, main inflorescence stem sliliques, low panel, seeds. b Height of the Col wild type plants and the aitr mutants. c Number of siliques on the main inflorescence stems of the Col wild type and the aitr mutants. Seeds of the Col wild type, the aitr256 triple, aitr1256 quadruple, aitr23456 quintuple and aitr123456 sextuple mutants were generated directly and grown in soil pots in a growth room. Pictures for 7-week-old whole plants and the main inflorescences were taken. Height for 12-week-old plants was measured, and numbers of siliques on the main inflorescence stems were counted. The experiments were repeated three times, and similar results were obtained. Data represent the mean ± SD of 12 plants