Figure 2.
Abnormal starch grain (SG) formation in flo16 endosperm. (a‐d) Semi‐thin sections of the wild type (a, b) and flo16 (c, d) endosperms at 12 days after flowering (DAF). (b) and (d) are enlargements of the boxed areas in (a) and (c), respectively. Small and scattered SGs are displayed in lower left of (b, d). Triangles indicate compound starch grains in (b) and (d); a asterisk indicates a single starch grain in (d). (e–j) SEM of endosperm of wild type (e‐g) and flo16 (h‐j). Scale bars, 40 μm in (a, b), 20 μm in (c, d), 1 mm in (e, h); 200 μm in (f, i); 10 μm in (g, j).