Fig. 5
From: A novel method to characterize silica bodies in grasses
Characterization of carbon inclusions in the silica bodies. a Carbon inclusions within silica bodies demonstrated brown to black colored granules under brightfield microscopy. b Carbon inclusions within silica bodies did not emit green fluorescence under fluorescence microscopy. c Box plot illustrates the distribution differences of silica bodies among 10 accessions (silica body number per 10,000 µm2, white circles demonstrate loud noises). d Box plot exhibits the number differences of carbon inclusions per silica body from the selected four accessions (white circles indicate statistically loud noises). IR ‘Ireland’, CN ‘China’, CO ‘Colorado’, MO ‘Mongolia’, BA ‘Barkoel’, BL ‘Barleria’, MN ‘Minnesota’, RU ‘Russian Federation’, NE ‘Nebraska’, SP ‘Spain’, CI carbon inclusion, SB silica body. Images a and b share the same magnification rate