Table 1.
Correlation between the Sizes of Organs and Cells
| Length (mm)
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Cell Size (μm)
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| WT | PhSUP1-ox | %WT | WT | PhSUP1-ox | %WT | |
| Peduncle internode | 38.6 ± 3.8 | 12.7 ± 1.4 | 32.9 | 168.4 ± 27 | 66.8 ± 9.6 | 39.8 |
| Pedicel | 36.9 ± 2.7 | 31.2 ± 2.6 | 84.6 | 148.1 ± 24 | 121.63 ± 25 | 82.1 |
| Petal limb | 20.8 ± 0.9 | 8.0 ± 0.4 | 38.5 | 20.2 | 19.6 | 97.0 |
| Petal tube | 52.2 ± 1.4 | 38.4 ± 1.7 | 73.6 | 118.2 ± 23 | 91.6 ± 16 | 77.6 |
The lengths of peduncle internodes and pedicels are the mean ± 1 standard deviation of 10 samples, and the cells sizes are the mean ± 1 standard deviation of 30 cells. The lengths of petal limbs and petal tubes are the mean ± 1 standard deviation of 15 flowers, and the corresponding cell sizes were estimated from cell numbers in scanning electron micrographs (300 × 258 μm), assuming that cells are approximately round. Cell sizes are in longitudinal direction.
PhSUP1-ox, line overexpressing PhSUP1.