Identification and function analysis of yellow-leaf mutant (YX-yl) of broomcorn millet

BMC Plant Biology

Table 1 Comparison of major agronomic traits between the YX-yl mutant and YX wild-type

Agronomic traits	YX	YX-yl	Reduction rate/%
Plant height/cm	167.12 ± 2.417	131.36 ± 2.048**	-21.40%
Stem diameter/mm	6.56 ± 0.087	4.51 ± 0.473*	-31.30%
Peduncle length/mm	34.79 ± 1.578	24.18 ± 1.607*	-30.50%
Flag leaf length/cm	38.06 ± 0.91	31.57 ± 1.325	-17.10%
Flag leaf width/cm	2.34 ± 0.118	1.66 ± 0.107*	-29.10%
Panicle length/cm	33.18 ± 0.330	36.51 ± 1.618	10.00%
Spike weight per plant/g	6.5 ± 0.052	1.23 ± 0.053**	-81.10%
Grain weight per plant/g	5.33 ± 0.035	1.09 ± 0.066**	-79.50%

Data are presented as the mean ± SD based on three individuals. Asterisks indicate a significant difference between YX and YX-y l: n = 3, Welch’s two-sample t-test, *P < 0.05, **p < 0.01

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