Fig. 2
From: Natural Diversity in Stomatal Features of Cultivated and Wild Oryza Species
Stomatal diversity in Oryza “Sativa Complex”. Files of stomata are arranged in parallel on the surface along the length of the leaf. Some of the stomatal complexes are shown by red arrows. Scale bar is 50.0 μm. The images are captured from the abaxial epidermal layers after scraping of leaf tissues, under 40x magnification with 10x eyepiece of a BX51 light microscope (Olympus). The oval shapes are the marks of trichomes on the leaf. Difference in number and size in stomata is very prominent in the species. Note the larger stomata of O. glaberrima, O. barthii and smaller stomata of O. nivara and O. meridionalis as compared to Oryza sativa. Red lined boxes are the zoomed part of the leaves showing stomatal features