Fig. 4

Phenotypic effects of down-regulation of HCT in B. distachyon. a, b Physical appearance of plants at 45 days after germination. c–e Biomass parameters of plants; c total above ground biomass fresh weight, d average number of internodes per stem, e Third (I3) and fourth (I4) internode lengths. f–i Phloroglucinol staining of fourth internodes. Data shown are for T1 lines, and are expressed as means of three technical replicates of 9–16 samples grouped in three biological replicates. Asterisks indicate statistically significant differences (P < 0.05)