Table 1.
Ultrastructural analysis of the leaves of studied plants. The average values (± SE) are replicates of six independent measurements with different plants.
| Treatment | Cell wall thickness (μm) | Chloroplast length (μm) | Chloroplast area (μm2) | Mitochondrion length (μm) | Ratio of starch grain area to chloroplast area (%) |
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Petroselinum crispum
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| Control | 0.300 ± 0.07 | 6.78 ± 0.12 | 13.31 ± 0.22 | 1.00 ± 0.27 | 8.93 ± 0.13 |
| 860 – 910 MHz | 0.250 ± 0.06 | 6.76 ± 0.28 | 8.491 ± 0.06 | 0.90 ± 0.13 | 9.99 ± 0.12 |
| 2.4 - 2.5 GHz | 0.200 ± 0.05 | 6.50 ± 0.16 | 7.807 ± 0.11 | 0.70 ± 0.05 | 6.01 ± 0.08 |
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Anethum graveolens
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| Control | 0.187 ± 0.01 | 5.90 ± 0.13 | 8.43 ± 0.23 | 1.68 ± 0.13 | 5.21 ± 0.13 |
| 860 – 910 MHz | 0.175 ± 0.01 | 5.20 ± 0.17 | 8.08 ± 0.29 | 1.00 ± 0.25 | 8.13 ± 0.08 |
| 2.4 - 2.5 GHz | 0.175 ± 0.01 | 4.85 ± 0.31 | 7.04 ± 0.22 | 0.80 ± 0.10 | 0 |
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Apium graveolens
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| Control | 0.160 ± 0.01 | 5.80 ± 0.20 | 7.68 ± 0.14 | 1.57 ± 0.08 | 5.34 ± 0.28 |
| 860 – 910 MHz | 0.156 ± 0.01 | 4.33 ± 0.26 | 7.06 ± 0.35a | 0.55 ± 0.13 | 0 |
| 2.4 - 2.5 GHz | 0.136 ± 0.01 | 3.33 ± 0.26 | 6.68 ± 0.14 | 0.25 ± 0.13 | 0 |