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. 2026 Feb 16;17:1733427. doi: 10.3389/fpls.2026.1733427

Figure 4.

Twelve-panel photographic timeline shows the development of a plant structure marked by red arrowheads, starting from bud and flower stages through 3 to 30 days post anthesis (DPA). Each panel highlights progressive changes in the green calyx and style morphology under consistent black background and lighting.

Representative images of Physalis grisea pedicel abscission zone cells across development (bud, 18 DPA, 21 DPA, and 27 DPA). Abscission zone cells are indicated by red arrows. All pedicels are oriented where the left side would attach to the fruit and the right side would attach to the stem. The magnified image of the abaxial pedicel in the 21 DPA panel is from the same biological sample but a different paraffin section of the larger image, illustrating intact epidermal cells and separated abscission zone cells. All images except the magnified 21 DPA are scaled to the same magnification where the scale bar is equal to 100 μm.