Study of Flowering Pattern in Setaria viridis, a Proposed Model Species for C4 Photosynthesis Research

Figure 2

The time-lapse images of the flowering spikelets are shown for every 30 minutes starting from 10:30 pm to 10:00 am. Setaria viridis flowers at night when it is dark and the temperature is low. The time and the temperature recorded when the photographs were taken are mentioned in each image. The flowering spikelets are shown by yellow arrows, the vestiges of anthers and stigma after closing of spikelets are shown by red arrows, respectively. The panicle on the right side in each picture is the mirror image and shows the back part of the panicle on the left. The video of flowering is provided in Supplementary Material 1 available online at http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2013/592429.