Figure 1.

Stress reduces Arabidopsis fruit size. A, The fruits of a healthy Arabidopsis plant were plump and uniform in size. B, Roots were stressed in a hydroponic solution supplemented with 200 mm NaCl for 12 h, then returned to the normal hydroponic solution. Three weeks after this plant was stressed, the fruit size was compared to healthy controls. The pistils that were developing when the plant was salt stressed were thinner and shorter (arrows).