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. 2021 Jun 2;11:11659. doi: 10.1038/s41598-021-91293-1

Figure 8.

Figure 8

Change in trichome density, branch number and ploidy level in response to salinity stress. (A) Distribution of leaf trichome in 7-days old wild-type, OE-1, sog1-6 and sog1-1mutant plants, either untreated or treated with 150 mM NaCl. (B) SEM and bright field micrographs of mature trichomes with three branches in wild-type, five branches in OE-1 and unbranched in sog1-6 and sog1-1mutant line plants following NaCl treatment. Scale bar: 100 μm (C) Determination of leaf trichome density and branch number in all the four genotypes. (D) Representative images of DAPI-stained nuclei of 7-days old untreated or NaCl-treated wild-type, OE-1, sog1-6 and sog1-1 mutant plants. Scale bar: 100 μm (E) Measurement of in-situ fluorescence in DAPI-stained trichome nuclei of wild-type, OE-1, sog1-6 and sog1-1 mutant seedlings. (F) Semi quantitative RT-PCR showing expression level of AtBLT gene in all genotypes in response to increasing NaCl concentrations. β-tubulin served as the internal control. Each column represents the mean value of three independent replicates. Images of full-length gels have been presented in Supplementary Fig. S12. Error bars indicate standard deviation. Asterisks indicate significant statistical differences (*p < 0.05, **p < 0.01) from control (without NaCl treatment) using one-way ANOVA factorial analysis.