Fig. 1From: A novel method to characterize silica bodies in grassesSize and distribution pattern analysis of silica bodies in K. macrantha ‘Ireland’ using Adobe Photoshop CS5. a A randomly selected microscopy image of ashed leaf sample. b The selection of silica bodies using “Magic Wand Tool” (background selection) and “Select->Inverse” tool. c Pixel reads of entire image. d Pixel reads of the selected silica bodies. e A list of statistical resultsBack to article page