Sloan, J. orcid.org/0000-0003-0334-3722, Wang, S. orcid.org/0000-0003-3737-6848, Ngai, Q.Y. orcid.org/0000-0002-8154-7272 et al. (5 more authors) (2023) Conserved cellular patterning in the mesophyll of rice leaves. Plant Direct, 7 (12). e549. ISSN 2475-4455
Abstract
The mesophyll cells of grass leaves, such as rice, are traditionally viewed as displaying a relatively uniform pattern, in contrast to the clear distinctions of palisade and spongy layers in typical eudicot leaves. This quantitative analysis of mesophyll cell size and shape in rice leaves reveals that there is an inherent pattern in which cells in the middle layer of the mesophyll are larger and less circular and have a distinct orientation of their long axis compared to mesophyll cells in other layers. Moreover, this pattern was observed in a range of rice cultivars and species. The significance of this pattern with relation to potential photosynthetic function and the implication of the widespread use of middle layer mesophyll cells as typical of the rice leaf have been investigated and discussed.
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Copyright, Publisher and Additional Information: | © 2023 The Authors. Plant Direct published by American Society of Plant Biologists and the Society for Experimental Biology and John Wiley & Sons Ltd. This is an open access article under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits use, distribution and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ |
Keywords: | cell shape; cell size; light; mesophyll; photosynthesis; rice |
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Institution: | The University of Sheffield |
Academic Units: | The University of Sheffield > Faculty of Science (Sheffield) > School of Biosciences (Sheffield) |
Depositing User: | Symplectic Sheffield |
Date Deposited: | 08 Dec 2023 11:54 |
Last Modified: | 11 Dec 2023 09:12 |
Published Version: | http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/pld3.549 |
Status: | Published |
Publisher: | Wiley |
Refereed: | Yes |
Identification Number: | 10.1002/pld3.549 |
Open Archives Initiative ID (OAI ID): | oai:eprints.whiterose.ac.uk:206266 |
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