Convergence of developmental mutants into a single tomato model system: 'Micro-Tom' as an effective toolkit for plant development research

Table 3 Parameters analyzed in flowers and fruits of hormone and photomorphogenic mutants in cv. Micro-Tom

	Flowers per inflorescence (n = 10)	Locules per fruit (frequency, n = 10)	Seeds per fruit (n = 10)	Seed weight (mg, n = 10)	Fruit weight (g, n = 10)	Total fruit weight per plant (g, n = 15)	Time (days) to fruit ripening since anthesis (n = 15)	TSS1 (n = 12)	TSS2 (n = 12)	TSS3 (n = 12)
MT	7.2 ± 0.6	3(70%)	41.3 ± 5.5	2.3 ± 0.04	5.1 ± 0.3	43.4 ± 1.9	53.4 ± 1,3	5.3 ± 0.1	5.1 ± 0.0	4.6 ± 0.1
dgt	8.5 ± 0.9	2(55%)	36.5 ± 4.6	2.2 ± 0.02 ^L	3.4 ± 0.3 ^L	28.6 ± 1.8 ^L	57.2 ± 1,4	5.8 ± 0.2 ^H	5.6 ± 0.2 ^H	-
not	7.1 ± 0.5	2(70%)	20.4 ± 2.0 ^L	2.5 ± 0.03 ^H	3.7 ± 0.2 ^L	22.2 ± 2.6 ^L	56 ± 0,7	6.0 ± 0.1 ^H	6.0 ± 0.1 ^H	-
epi	7.2 ± 0.9	2(70%)	26.3 ± 3.9 ^L	3.0 ± 0.02 ^H	11.8 ± 0.5 ^H	33.6 ± 4.8	42.1 ± 1,0 ^L	-	4.6 ± 0.1 ^L	-
pro ^a	4.6 ± 0.4^L	4(85%)^H	-	-	3.4 ± 0.2 ^L	45.4 ± 2.5	54.8 ± 2,3	9.1 ± 0.5 ^H	7.5 ± 0.5 ^H	-
pro ^b	-	-	-	2.7 ± 0.03 ^H	-	-	-	8.1 ± 0.2 ^H	-	-
gib3	-	-	-	2.0 ± 0.03 ^L	-	-	-	-	-	-
dpy	6.1 ± 0.2	2(70%)	22.4 ± 3.8 ^L	2.3 ± 0.01	4.0 ± 0.4 ^L	12.4 ± 1.5 ^L	58.7 ± 2,6	4.9 ± 0.0 ^L	4.8 ± 0.1 ^L	-
au	10.8 ± 0,5^H	2 (70%)	41 ± 2.1	2.2 ± 0.01 ^L	5.1 ± 0.3	40 ± 0.8	48.6 ± 1.0 ^L	-	-	5.0 ± 0.1 ^H
hp1	8 ± 0,6	2 (80%)	31.1 ± 1.8	2.7 ± 0.02 ^H	9.4 ± 0.4 ^H	44.5 ± 1.1	58 ± 2.0	-	-	5.4 ± 0.1 ^H

^a Partenocarpic fruit, ^b Fruit derived from artificial pollination, TSS1 = Total Soluble Solids (Brix) measured in winter 2005, TSS2 = measured in summer 2006, TSS3 = measured in autumn 2007. Mean values are followed by standard error (see Methods for experiment design). The letters H and L represent values statistically significantly higher or lower than MT, respectively (P < 0.05, Student t-test).

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