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Table 1 Range of trait values observed in a sample of thirty maize genotypes

From: Image analysis of anatomical traits in stalk transections of maize and other grasses

Trait

Genotype

Mean value

Stalk diameter (cm)

E2558W

3.26 ± 0.23

LH85

1.60 ± 0.06

Rind thickness (cm)

W182BNgt

0.42 ± 0.08

A663

0.13 ± 0.04

Vascular bundle density (cm−2)

OS602

57.3 ± 3.8

W182BN

36.8 ± 2.8

Vascular bundle size (cm2)

PHK93

9.04 ± 1.1 × 10−4

Mo39

4.31 ± 1.2 × 10−4

  1. Of the 30 genotypes sampled by collecting transections from 3 individual plants each, those which gave the largest and smallest value for each trait are listed in the middle column. The mean ± SEM of the three samples per genotype is given in the right hand column.
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