Table 1.
30µm | 60 µm | 120µm | ||||||||||
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total | ||||||||||||
stele | pericycle | inside | total stele | pericycle | inside | total stele | pericycle | inside | endodermis | cortex | epidermis | |
WT | 33 | 11.5 | 21.5 | 41±1 | 13.33±1.5 | 27.67±1.5 | 41.67±.58 | 13±0 | 28.67±.58 | 8±0 | 8±0 | 24.3±2.1 |
lhw-1 | 19± 1.7 | 8.5±.55 | 10.5±1.5 | 20.33±1.5 | 8.5±.55 | 11.83±1.2 | 21.83±1.6 | 8.33±1.2 | 13.17±1.5 | 8±0 | 8±0 | 20.6±3.6 |
wol-1 | 16 | 8 | 8 | 19 | 9 | 10 | 19 | 9 | 10 | |||
lhw-1;wol-1 | 14±3 | 7.67±1.5 | 6.33±1.5 | 14.67±3.2* | 8±1 | 6.67±2.3 | 15.33±2.9** | 8±1 | 7.33±2.1 |
Number of roots scored/genotype: WT = 3, lhw-1 = 8, wol-1 = 2, lhw-1;wol-1 = 3.
Values are averages ± S.D. P values for difference between number of cells in lhw and lhw;wol stele = * P=.08;
P=.04