Table 2.

Effect of samba-1 mutation on cellular parameters of leaf 4 growth

Parameter	WT	samba-1	P-value	% change
Final leaf length (mm)	558.43 ± 5.80	523.67 ± 3.91	2.38E−05	−6.64
Mature cell size (µm)	119.96 ± 1.15	99.21 ± 1.61	7.75E−04	−20.92
Cell production (cell h−1)	17.40 ± 0.18	20.14 ± 0.38	0.01	13.61
Cell division rate (cells cell−1 h−1)	0.030 ± 0.002	0.040 ± 0.002	0.03	25.78
Cell cycle duration (h)	23.55 ± 1.62	17.40 ± 0.89	0.04	−35.42
Division zone size (cm)	1.49 ± 0.10	1.24 ± 0.06	0.11	−19.84
Expansion zone size (cm)	2.88 ± 0.32	1.87 ± 0.08	0.08	−53.83
Average size of dividing cells (µm)	26.91 ± 0.46	26.37 ± 0.34	0.4	−2.06
Leaf elongation rate (mm·h−1)	2.08 ± 0.04	2.04 ± 0.04	0.19	−2.31

Statistics were calculated based on Student’s t test, significance P ≤ 0.05, n = 3, error indicates standard error.