Table 1.
Stomatal Spacing
| % of Rings That Contained at Least One Guard Cell (Observed, Predicteda)b
|
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|---|---|---|---|
| Organ | Ring 1 | Ring 2 | Ring 3 |
| Cotyledon | 0.5, 42c | 73, 83 | 80, 98 |
| First leaf | 0.4, 45c | 53, 75c | 100, 99 |
a
See Methods for formula.
b
The first ring consisted of all cells adjacent to the selected stoma. The second ring included all cells in contact with and outside of the first ring, etc. A total of 300 first rings, 100 second rings, and 20 third rings were scored.
c
What was observed was significantly different from what was predicted (P < 0.05).