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. 2014 Feb 11;9(2):e88930. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0088930

Table 4. Percentage of mesophyll void areas within leaves along the control (C) and water deficit (WD) canopies at day 29.

Intercellular void area (%)
Node CM SM
C 4 2.10±1.21A 10.07±1.50A
8 3.35±2.61AB 13.37±3.38AB
12 5.29±2.87AB 19.48±2.27C
16 5.82±3.21AB 22.31±2.78CD
20 5.84±3.37AB 33.15±2.88FG
WD 4 6.16±3.36AB 16.71±2.58BC
8 6.40±2.12B 24.49±1.74DE
12 7.01±3.28B 28.18±2.85EF
16 6.45±1.89B 28.97±0.95E
20 7.22±3.22B 34.94±1.77G

CM =  Column mesophyll; SM =  Spongy mesophyll. Data represents means ± standard deviations (n = 5). Upper-case letters indicate significance of differences.