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. 2018 Oct 15;9(10):498. doi: 10.3390/genes9100498

Figure 1.

Figure 1

Pi deficiency negatively affects the rhizobia-induced root hairs deformation in common bean. Rhizobia-induced root hairs in common bean seedling growing under optimal-phosphate (Pi) (OP) (a) or low-Pi (LP) conditions (b). Scale bars in panel represent 100 μm. Arrows indicate some examples of the rhizobia-induced root hairs observed in both OP or LP conditions (c) Number of rhizobia-induced root hair deformation in common bean seedlings growing under OP conditions or LP conditions. (d) Number of aberrant rhizobia-induced root hair deformations in common bean seedlings growing under OP conditions or LP conditions. Box plots represent first and third quartile (horizontal box side), minimum and maximum (outside whiskers). Asterisk indicates a significant difference according to one-way analysis of variance (ANOVA) (p-value < 0.001). Data showed was obtained from 20 biological replicates, each one containing 10 roots from different common bean seedlings. (e) Types of aberrant rhizobia-induced root hair deformation observed in common bean seedlings growing under LP conditions. Scale bars in panel represent 50 μm.