Table 2

Effect of daylength on total leaf number initiated before the first flower by vernalized WT and nia1nia2 plants. Plants were grown under a photon flux density of 120 μmol.m-2.s-1, on soil. Results of a typical experiment are given; standard deviation calculated on 12 plants


Photoperiod
Line
8 h
12 h
16 h
24 h

WT
71.8 ± 3.4
26.3 ± 3.3
13.0 ± 1.6
13.3 ± 1.5
nia1nia2
indefinite
43.9 ± 4.0
23.3 ± 3.7
17.5 ± 3.1

Tocquin et al. BMC Plant Biology 2003 3:2   doi:10.1186/1471-2229-3-2