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Table 2 Aleurone morphology of rice wild relatives

From: The Endosperm Morphology of Rice and its Wild Relatives as Observed by Scanning Electron Microscopy

Species

Dorsal cell thickness

Ventral cell thickness

Lateral cell thickness

Dorsal cell shape

Ventral cell shape

Lateral cell shape

Pericarp thickness

O. sativa cv. Nipponbare

5

1–2

1

Irregular

Cubic and elongated

Mostly elongated

thick

O. sativa cv. TeQing

2–3

1

1

Irregular

Elongated

 

thick

O. nivara/O. sativa (O. hybrid)

3

1

1

Irregular

Elongated

Cubic and elongated

thicker

O. nivara

2–3

1

1

Irregular

Elongated

Cubic and elongated

 

O. granulata

2

1

1

Irregular

Elongated

Elongated

thick

O. latifolia

1–2

1

1

Irregular

Elongatedand cubic

Mostly Cubic

thin

O. spontanea

2

1–2

1

Irregular

Elongated

Cubic

 

O. alta

1–2

1

1

Mostly elongated some cubic

Elongated

Elongated

thick

O. australiensis

2–3

1

1

Irregular

Cubic, elongated and triangle

Cubic

Thick testa evident

O. officinalis

2

1–2

2

Irregular

Elongated

Elongated

 

O .rufipogon

2

1

2

Irregular

Cubic

Cubic

 

O. grandiglumis

1–2

1

1

Irregular

Elongated

Mostly elongated

thick

O. meyeriana

2–3

1

2

Irregular

Cubic

Elongated

thick

O. glumaepatula

2–3

1

1

Irregular

Elongated

Elongated

thick

O. meridionalis

3–4

1–2

1

Irregular

Elongated

Cubic

thick

O. longiglumis

1

1

1

Cubic

Cubic

Cubic

thin

P. parviflora

1–2

1–2

1–2

Mostly elongated

Mostly elongated

Mostly elongated

thin

M. stipoides

1–2

1–2

1–2

Cubic

Cubic

Cubic

thin