A hairy-leaf gene, BLANKET LEAF, of wild Oryza nivara increases photosynthetic water use efficiency in rice

Rice

Table 2 Stomatal density and guard cell length, specific leaf weight, chlorophyll content, and nitrogen content of leaves at the booting stage in IR24 and IL-hairy

Line	Stomatal density (no. mm⁻²)		Guard cell length (μm)		Specific leaf wt. (g m⁻²)	Chlorophyll content (g m⁻²)	Nitrogen content (g m⁻²)
Line	Adaxial	Abaxial	Adaxial	Abaxial	Specific leaf wt. (g m⁻²)	Chlorophyll content (g m⁻²)	Nitrogen content (g m⁻²)
IR24	472 ± 16	625 ± 14	21.1 ± 0.7	20.8 ± 0.4	43.9 ± 1.0	0.41 ± 0.02	1.38 ± 0.05
IL-hairy	469 ± 9	646 ± 22	21.1 ± 0.4	20.9 ± 0.8	44.7 ± 1.2	0.39 ± 0.03	1.29 ± 0.06
	ns^a	ns	ns	ns	ns	ns	ns

Data are means ± SD (n = 3–4). ^a ns, not significant by Student’s t-test at P = 0.05