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. 2017 Oct 30;8:1872. doi: 10.3389/fpls.2017.01872

Figure 1.

Figure 1

Morphology of the grain at the beginning (0 hai) and end (114 hai) of malting. (A,C,E,G) Navigator whole grain sectioned with a razor blade. Dotted lines show indicative positions for other sections. (B,D,F,H) Thin sections stained with toluidine blue; (A,B,E,F) longitudinal sections; (C,D,G,H) transverse sections. (B,D) are the variety Admiral and (F,H) are Navigator. Scale bars represent 100 μm. a, aleurone; se, starchy endosperm; e, embryo; p/t, pericarp and testa; cc, crushed cell layer; sc, scutellum; sc ep, scutellar epithelium; col, coleoptile; li, leaf initial; vb, vascular bundle; colh, coleorhiza.