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Table 3 Agronomic trait analysis of field-grown Zmccr1 mutants

From: Suppression of CINNAMOYL-CoA REDUCTASE increases the level of monolignol ferulates incorporated into maize lignins

Trait

W22

ccr1(00732)

Significance

Plant height (cm)

173.7 ± 9.6a

187.2 ± 10.3

*

Ear height (cm)

79.8 ± 9.0

87.1 ± 8.4

*

Above-ear height (cm)

93.9 ± 7.7

100.1 ± 7.5

*

Node number

15 ± 0.5

16 ± 0.8

*

Below-ear node number

8 ± 0.6

8 ± 0.6

ns

Above-ear node number

7 ± 0.5

7 ± 0.6

*

Internode length (cm)

11.4 ± 0.7

11.9 ± 0.6

*

Above-ear internode length (cm)

13.4 ± 0.5

13.6 ± 0.8

ns

Below-ear internode length (cm)

9.7 ± 1.0

10.3 ± 0.7

*

Days to flower

71.3 ± 0.5

76.3 ± 1.5

*

Leaf length (cm)

44.9 ± 4.6

49.8 ± 3.8

*

Leaf width (cm)

9.5 ± 0.6

9.6 ± 0.8

ns

Stalk diameter (cm)

3.1 ± 0.2

3.1 ± 0.2

ns

Stover weight (gr)

73.7 ± 3.7

94.7 ± 9.1

*

Lodging (%)

3.106 ± 3.752

11.998 ± 13.672

ns

Seed weight (gr)

60.482 ± 8.006

50.328 ± 9.601

*

  1. nsNon-significant
  2. *Significance level of 0.05 (t test)
  3. aStandard deviation