Fig. 3

Vessel-specific expression of CSE in the cse-2 mutant background partially restored plant growth. A Schematic illustration of the expression cassette used for the vessel-specific complementation of cse-2. VND promoters are indicated as arrows, while the CSE coding sequence and the 35S terminator (T35S) are represented as rectangles. Black line represents the cse-2 genetic background. B Phenotype of fully-grown plants after 8 weeks of short-day growth conditions and transferred to long-day growth conditions for an additional 5 weeks. Final height (C, E) and weight (D, F) of the main inflorescence stem at senescence for the cse-2 proVND::CSE lines, the cse-2 mutant, and the wild type. Significant differences between the mean values are based on a nested ANOVA model. Error bars indicate the standard deviation