Fig. 2. Growth and lateral branching of wild-type (wt), max1-1, max2-1 and max1-1 max2-1 double mutant shoots. Plants were analysed near maturity, when flower production of the primary inflorescence had ceased (after 45-46 days of growth). (A) Length of the primary inflorescence. (B) Number of vegetative, leaf-bearing nodes on the primary shoot axis. (C) Number of first order lateral branches of at least 0.5 cm length, from nodes in the rosette and from cauline nodes on the primary inflorescence. (D) Fresh weight (FW) of the lateral shoot branches expressed as a proportion of the total shoot FW. (A-D) Means and 95% confidence intervals of the means are shown, n=17-18.
