Inhibition of lateral shoot formation by RNA interference and chemically induced mutations to genes expressed in the axillary meristem of Nicotiana tabacum L.

Table 5 Agronomic characteristics in field trials at commercial production sites

Location	Line	Days to flower	Plant height (cm)	Number of leaves	Leaf at 1/4 from the top			Leaf at 1/2 from the top			Leaf at 3/4 from the top			Leaf yield^d (kg/10 a)
Location	Line	Days to flower	Plant height (cm)	Number of leaves	Length (cm)	Width (cm)	Color scale^c	Length (cm)	Width (cm)	Color scale^c	Length (cm)	Width (cm)	Color scale^c	Leaf yield^d (kg/10 a)
1	Coker319	69.3	128.0	19.9	43.5	12.0	8.2	56.0	20.5	6.4	56.1	27.5	5.8	281.6
1	Coker319-ls-1	69.9^a	134.1^b	20.2	45.2	14.0^b	8.2	57.1	23.3^b	6.9^b	56.6	30.3^b	6.0	305.3
2	Coker319	72.8	110.5	22.1	48.7	13.1	7.5	66.6	20.9	7.4	59.8	28.6	7.0	191.2
2	Coker319-ls-1	73.5^a	115.0^a	22.5	49.9	13.8	7.2	65.8	23.4^b	7.1	56.2^b	28.8	6.9	253.1
3	Coker319	69.1	132.5	19.4	44.8	10.9	8.0	55.5	19.0	7.1	58.3	27.1	6.3	268.5
3	Coker319-ls-1	69.9^a	133.0	19.6	48.5^b	13.3^b	8.0	59.2^b	23.3^b	7.7^b	59.5	30.1^b	6.8^b	271.0
4	Coker319	59.6	134.3	17.1	60.0	18.3	8.9	69.7	25.0	8.8	65.4	29.2	8.0	236.9
4	Coker319-ls-1	61.0^b	131.6	18.3^a	63.4^a	22.9^b	9.0	72.2	29.4^b	8.9	62.4	29.3	8.2	267.5
5	Coker319	63.3	129.8	19.1	50.8	14.0	8.4	62.5	24.9	7.8	58.4	27.8	6.5	218.0
5	Coker319-bl1-1	63.9	119.5^b	20.7^b	50.1	13.4	8.7	61.8	23.1^a	7.9	52.2	27.2	6.6	218.0
6	Coker319	65.7	114.3	22.4	37.1	11.5	7.5	52.8	18.6	7.7	56.3	27.3	6.4	293.0
6	Coker319-bl1-1	66.2	116.3	24.7^b	35.1	11.1	7.4	54.0	17.3	7.5	57.3	28.5	6.1^a	288.0

^a, ^bSignificantly different from wild-type ‘Coker319′ at the same location at the 5% and 1% levels, respectively, as determined by the t-test
^cHigher numbers indicate darker color
^dYield of cured leaves

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