Table 1 Morphological measurements of WT, KO, OE1, OE2 and COM Arabidopsis plants

Plant height (cm, n = 15)

30.77 ± 0.65a

30.41 ± 0.62a

23.04 ± 0.54c

16.31 ± 0.82d

25.54 ± 0.87b

Diameter (mm, n = 15)

1.24 ± 0.04c

1.24 ± 0.03c

1.53 ± 0.03a

1.4 ± 0.04ab

1.29 ± 0.02bc

First internode length (cm, n = 15)

2.37 ± 0.23a

2.55 ± 0.21a

0.85 ± 0.08b

0.65 ± 0.1b

2.32 ± 0.22a

Second internode length (cm, n = 15)

2.37 ± 0.12a

2.44 ± 0.21a

1.00 ± 0.06b

0.67 ± 0.05b

2.00 ± 0.14a

Third internode length (cm, n = 15)

1.87 ± 0.09a

1.88 ± 0.13a

0.71 ± 0.06b

0.42 ± 0.09b

1.7 ± 0.10a

Main inflorescence length (cm, n = 15)

22.19 ± 0.75ab

22.91 ± 0.74a

20.11 ± 0.58ab

14.56 ± 0.83c

19.54 ± 1.07b

First branch length (cm, n = 15)

21.51 ± 0.51a

20.75 ± 0.57a

15.96 ± 0.38b

13.03 ± 0.66c

17.02 ± 0.76b

Number of cauline branches (n = 15)

4.30 ± 0.17A

4.07 ± 0.21A

4.54 ± 0.15A

4.40 ± 0.14A

4.67 ± 0.14A

Number of siliques in main inflorescence (n = 15)

47.54 ± 1.29a

51.31 ± 1.33a

50.86 ± 2.45a

38.69 ± 1.88b

52.58 ± 0.98a

Number of siliques on first branch (n = 15)

25.61 ± 1.06b

28.69 ± 1.30ab

31.87 ± 1.91a

28.17 ± 1.75ab

28.25 ± 0.93ab

Silique length (cm, n = 80)

1.57 ± 0.04a

1.61 ± 0.03a

0.84 ± 0.02c

0.66 ± 0.02d

1.46 ± 0.02b

Fruit pedicel length (cm, n = 80)

0.74 ± 0.02ab

0.72 ± 0.03a

0.38 ± 0.01c

0.28 ± 0.01d

0.57 ± 0.01b

Number of seeds/silique (n = 80)

62.43 ± 0.85a

58.67 ± 1.05a

60.76 ± 1.46a

45.71 ± 1.76b

59.92 ± 0.87a