The number of total number of tillers and productive tillers of the genotypes in a under LN and HN conditions. ‘Δ’ represents the percentage difference compared with the total number of tillers. n = 20 plants. In b , different letters indicate significant differences ( P < 0.05, one-way ANOVA, Duncan’s new multiple range test); for P values, see source data; in d – g , P values were calculated with two-tailed Student’s t test. In b , d , e and g , box plots denote the 25th percentile, the median and the 75th percentile, with minimum to maximum whiskers; in f , the bars in the violin plots represent the 25th percentile, median and 75th percentile.