Control of Grain Weight and Size in Rice (Oryza sativa L.) by OsPUB3 Encoding a U-Box E3 Ubiquitin Ligase

Rice

Table 1 Genetic effects of OsPUB3 in four transgenic complementation populations

Name	No. of plants		Trait^a	Mean ± SD		± (P-N)^b	± (P-N)%^c
Name	Negative	Positive	Trait^a	Negative	Positive	± (P-N)^b	± (P-N)%^c
CP-1	19	89	TGW	18.16 ± 0.86	18.79 ± 0.99	0.63^**	3.5
			GL	7.659 ± 0.150	7.747 ± 0.196	0.088^*	1.2
			GW	2.494 ± 0.040	2.467 ± 0.035	− 0.027^**	− 1.1
CP-2	28	69	TGW	17.47 ± 0.68	18.41 ± 0.72	0.95^****	5.4
			GL	7.461 ± 0.159	7.611 ± 0.151	0.150^****	2.0
			GW	2.487 ± 0.035	2.472 ± 0.052	− 0.014	− 0.6
CP-3	21	69	TGW	18.62 ± 0.54	19.53 ± 0.83	0.91^****	4.9
			GL	7.806 ± 0.144	7.912 ± 0.171	0.107^**	1.4
			GW	2.484 ± 0.029	2.444 ± 0.047	− 0.040^***	− 1.6
CP-4	25	70	TGW	19.27 ± 0.85	19.97 ± 0.78	0.70^***	3.6
			GL	7.911 ± 0.194	8.014 ± 0.183	0.103^**	1.3
			GW	2.510 ± 0.039	2.471 ± 0.053	− 0.039^***	− 1.6

^aTGW, 1000-grain weight (g); GL, grain length (mm); GW, grain width (mm)
^bIncrease or decrease of transgenic-positive plants over transgenic-negative plants
^cPercentage increase or decrease of transgenic-positive plants over transgenic-negative plants
*p < 0.05; **p < 0.01; ***p < 0.001; ****p < 0.0001