Table 4. Effect of light spectral quality on stomatal characteristics.
WL | 4R:1B | BL | 1R:4B | RL | |
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Stomatal Density (number per 40,000 µm2) | 8.7 ± 0.22C | 10.5 ± 0.19AB | 10.0 ± 0.20B | 10.9 ± 0.27A | 7.7 ± 0.15D |
Length (µm) | 19.37 ± 0.32Aa | 14.30 ± 0.41Cc | 16.17 ± 0.48Bb | 15.70 ± 0.54BCb | 19.69 ± 0.38Aa |
Width (µm) | 5.06 ± 0.38B | 5.15 ± 0.21B | 8.23 ± 0.37A | 8.26 ± 0.35A | 9.10 ± 0.38A |
Aspect ratio | 3.06 ± 0.46A | 2.37 ± 0.30B | 1.76 ± 0.34C | 1.63 ± 0.48C | 1.74 ± 0.44C |
Circumference (µm) | 42.51 ± 0.61B | 31.40 ± 0.82D | 41.60 ± 1.00B | 35.22 ± 1.04C | 49.02 ± 0.89A |
Area (µm2) | 95.07 ± 0.56C | 60.32 ± 0.86E | 113.75 ± 0.88B | 88.00 ± 0.95D | 164.61 ± 0.92A |
Notes.
Values are means ± SE. Different uppercase letters indicate highly significant difference (P < 0.01) and lowercase letters indicate significant difference (P < 0.05) based on one-way ANOVA and LSD test.