Silicon Improves Yield Performance by Enhancement in Physiological Responses, Crop Imagery, and Leaf and Culm Sheath Morphology in New Rice Line, PadiU Putra

Figure 3

SEM image of the epidermal region of a rice plant leaf. The white granular areas of Si were detected on the abaxial leaf surfaces (a–c) at 55 DAT and (d–f) at 75 DAT at magnification 350x. LS: ladder-like structures; SB: silica bodies; TR: trichomes; ST: stomas.

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