Figure 1.
Leaf veins of mutant and wild-type rice lines.
Images of veins within a 2 mm leaf width were captured at 2–3 weeks after sowing. Line E19076-1-5-3 is an M5 IR64 mutant. Line M0110124-A-2-2 is a T3 Tainung 67 mutant.
Figure 2.
Frequency distribution of vein densities in the deletion mutant population and their control in the screen.
Values above chart bars denote the number of mutant plants for each high vein density. Distribution frequencies of deletion mutant and control plants were largely the same. Differences were at the extremity of the binomial curve at higher vein densities (930 (1.2%), 112 (0.14%) and 13 (0.02%) mutant plants for respectively 6.5, 7 and 7.5 veins mm−1) where lines were selected as potential candidate mutants for increased vein density.
Figure 3.
Frequency distribution of vein densities in the T1–T3 insertion mutant populations and their controls.
Values within the chart denote the number of mutant plants for each of the highest vein density values. Distribution frequencies of insertion mutant and wild-type plants were largely the same. Differences were at the extremity of the binomial curve at higher vein densities (eight (0.04%) and 26 (0.12%) mutant plants for respectively 7 and 8 veins mm−1) where lines were selected as potential candidate mutants for altered vein spacing.
Figure 4.
Comparing vein density frequencies of IR64 deletion mutants and Tainung 67 insertion mutants.
Frequencies are expressed in percentages of the corresponding mutant population.
Table 1.
Number of BC1F2 progeny of narrow leaf high vein density deletion candidate lines with narrow leaves and high vein densities.
Table 2.
Phenotype combinations in the F2 progeny of double mutant, G558-11-5-2/E22097-1-3-1.
Table 3.
Inheritance data for T4 insertion candidate lines.