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Table 5 Agronomic trait comparisons between plants with the up-curling and flat leaves in the BC6F2 population

From: Fine mapping of an up-curling leaf locus (BnUC1) in Brassica napus

Trait

The flat leaf plant

The up-curling leaf plant

Plant height (cm)

156.16 ± 8.76

132.13 ± 3.28a

Branching height (cm)

40.75 ± 4.49

44.31 ± 5.43

Length of main inflorescence (cm)

65.84 ± 2.71

50.38 ± 6.44a

Stem diameter (mm)

19.98 ± 3.66

22.35 ± 3.04

Number of first effective branch

7.10 ± 0.94

6.37 ± 0.74

Siliques of main inflorescence

65.30 ± 6.76

59.63 ± 12.88

Total siliques per plant

274.20 ± 85.08

248.88 ± 66.90a

Silique length

11.30 ± 0.56

10.45 ± 0.85

Seeds per siliques

30.20 ± 1.88

30.00 ± 3.22

1000-seed weight (g)

4.65 ± 0.12

4.13 ± 0.13a

Yield per plant (g)

34.84 ± 10.60

28.20 ± 8.01a

  1. aindicates significant at the 0.05 probability level by t-test. Data are shown as mean ± SD (n = 30 for each sample)