Figure 7.
Stages of Petunia flower bud development in wild type and iRNA::PhGI1 T1 lines. Stages (S) 1–7 represent flower development between 27 to 1 days before anthesis and stages (S) 8–11 represent flowers from 0 to 3 days after anthesis. (a) Stages S1 and S2 are given as scanning electron micrographs of the inflorescence apex of Petunia during early stages of development from a wildtype plant (S1) and a plant of iRNA::PhGI1 T1 line (S2). Stigma (St), style (st), ovary (ov), sepal (se), petal (pe), anthers (an). (b) Stages S8–11 of flower buds taken from a position within the plant that develops into a normal flower. (c) Stage S3 of flower buds taken from a position within the plant that develops into an aborted flower.