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Fig. 1 | Plant Methods

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From: A simple method for the application of exogenous phytohormones to the grass leaf base protodermal zone to improve grass leaf epidermis development research

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The development process of stomata in maize. A Zone 1 at the leaf base contains the developing ligule; Zone 2 contains the sequence series events of stomata development; Zone 3 is mature leaves fully expanded with mature stomata. B1 The white arrow indicates the preligule band (PLB), and B2 defines the area of stomatal lineage cell proliferation. B3 Small guard mother cells (GMCs) were generated by asymmetric division, and B4 expansion of the GMC induced the formation of the subsidiary mother cells (SMCs). B5 SMCs formation via asymmetric divisions and maturation. B6 GMCs divide symmetrically produce immature guard cells (GCs). B7, B8 Young guard cell expansion and elongation to form the guard cell complex. Confocal images of propidium iodide stains were taken from the leaf base 2 of 6 days after germination of maize seedlings (B73). Red scale bar = 10 μm

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Plant Methods

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