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Table 1 Phenotypic measurements of ovule tissues from nine H. vulgare cultivars

From: An optimised clearing protocol for the quantitative assessment of sub-epidermal ovule tissues within whole cereal pistils

Cultivar

n

Ovule

Embryo sac

Integument

Nucellus

Antipodal

Area (μm2)

Trans (μm)

Long (μm)

Area (μm2)

Trans (μm)

Long (μm)

Width (μm)

Area (μm2)

%

#

Area (μm2)

Beryllium

6

138,197.8

396.9

484.3

30,462.7

174.6

270.1

44.9

107,735.1

78.1

37.7

25,829.6

STDEV

 

15,888.7

28.7

21.7

5597.7

26.0

25.5

5.7

11,329.2

2.2

2.7

5562.9

Novello

12

154,239.1

413.1

505.6

33,330.3

171.7

298.0

43.9

120,908.9

78.5

35.0

27,401.0

STDEV

 

16,522.7

19.1

42.8

6097.1

16.7

37.4

3.2

12,418.2

2.5

4.7

6447.3

Orbit

6

161,883.0

451.7

487.3

33,816.5

182.2

281.0

46.4

128,066.6

78.9

36.5

28,026.6

STDEV

 

20,556.0

32.4

20.9

4352.4

17.3

10.6

3.0

18,494.2

2.6

6.6

4934.9

Extract

11

164,652.1

448.3

497.6

34,479.2

188.9

284.0

46.7

130,172.9

79.1

36.0

29,457.8

STDEV

 

14,406.3

22.8

21.5

7094.9

25.8

27.4

2.7

11,537.1

3.5

2.9

7992.9

Toucan

11

177,561.6

444.7

554.2

45,330.7

210.7

320.3

46.1

132,230.9

74.7

32.6

42,617.2

STDEV

 

21,683.1

25.0

44.8

9374.7

22.8

46.4

2.1

14,255.4

3.3

4.7

5469.6

Saloon

13

199,385.6

456.7

598.7

70,066.1

266.1

382.3

43.6

129,319.5

64.9

41.8

65,125.7

STDEV

 

11,367.7

19.1

25.6

9071.9

21.7

25.0

1.7

10,869.6

3.9

4.8

8283.8

Rainbow

6

221,620.1

488.6

598.6

65,471.9

242.4

375.2

41.0

156,148.2

70.6

36.8

57,424.8

STDEV

 

14,500.2

20.3

19.8

8707.8

16.8

23.0

3.0

8030.2

2.5

3.5

7982.3

Agenda

6

227,499.2

483.4

625.2

75,121.6

272.9

367.9

49.5

152,377.7

66.7

45.2

72,000.8

STDEV

 

42,467.0

42.0

60.6

13,856.8

28.5

53.2

4.9

32,315.5

4.3

8.5

14,718.3

Horizon

6

241,310.7

519.2

607.2

72,158.9

268.8

371.9

43.0

169,151.8

70.0

48.8

66,487.6

STDEV

 

48,703.9

48.0

59.0

14,691.2

29.0

48.1

1.5

35,130.8

2.2

3.6

14,851.0

  1. Trans transverse width, Long longitudinal height