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. 2013 Oct 1;4:383. doi: 10.3389/fpls.2013.00383

FIGURE 4.

FIGURE 4

ProOsSWN2:OsSWN2S-SRDX rice plants are defective in water transport. (A) ProOsSWN2:GUS rice plants (control). (B) ProOsSWN2:OsSWN2S-SRDX rice plants, indicated by the white rectangle. (C) Time-course examination of water uptake of shoots excised from the ProOsSWN2:OsSWN2S-SRDX plants before the onset of leaf rolling (1–2 weeks culture after budding). Water with a red tracer dye was used in the experiment. Bars in (A–C) represent 10 cm. (D) Relative dye uptake by ProOsSWN2:OsSWN2S-SRDX plants compared to control plants (set to 1). Error bars represents standard error. “*” indicates values considered to be significantly different from control by Welch’s t-test with P < 0.05. (E, F) Cross sections of leaf of control plants (E) and ProOsSWN1:OsSWN2S-SRDX rice plants (F) stained with phloroglucinol to detect lignin. Bars in (E, F) represent 100 μm.