Fig. 5
From: Mesocotyl Elongation is Essential for Seedling Emergence Under Deep-Seeding Condition in Rice
Time course of seedling emergence (a) and mesocotyl and coleoptile length (b) of 3 CSSLs, Nipponbare and Kasalath in four soil burial depth; (a) Lines and bars represent the mean with SE of 5 lines, Nipponbare(Ni), Kasalath (Ka), CSSL-6 (SL6), CSSL-15 (SL15), and CSSL-5 (SL5). Seeds were sown at 3 cm, 5 cm, 7 cm, and 10 cm soil depth and the number of emerged seedling form soil surface were counted daily up to 14 days after sowing. b At 14 days after sowing, length of mesocotyl and coleoptile were measured. Means of length ± SE (n = 3) with different letters in the same row indicate significant differences according to the Duncan multiple range test (P < 0.05)