| Plant type | Plant age | The ratio of the young to the old | |
| Young (30 days) | Old (60 days) | ||
| Wild type | 10.2 ± 0.6 | 5.6 ± 0.3 | 1.82 |
| Lin8RNAi | 14.1 ± 1.4 | 4.2 ± 0.2 | 3.36 |
| Lin8RNAi/wild type | 1.38 | 0.75 | - |