Leaf Anatomy and Photochemical Behaviour of Solanum lycopersicum L. Plants from Seeds Irradiated with Low-LET Ionising Radiation

Table 2

Cell shape in different tissues of compound leaves of S. lycopersicum L. “Microtom”. Mean values ± standard errors are shown (𝑛=75). Different letters correspond to significantly different values according to multiple comparison tests (𝑃<0.05).

Leaf CL		Aspect ratio		Sphericity		Convexity
Upper epidermis	C	1.66 ± 0.07	c	0.422 ± 0.042	a	0.946 ± 0.010	a
	0.3 Gy	2.16 ± 0.17	ab	0.244 ± 0.033	c	0.925 ± 0.016	ab
	10 Gy	1.71 ± 0.11	bc	0.401 ± 0.042	a	0.914 ± 0.013	b
	20 Gy	1.86 ± 0.10	abc	0.328 ± 0.041	ab	0.919 ± 0.020	ab
	50 Gy	2.25 ± 0.18	a	0.247 ± 0.041	c	0.897 ± 0.019	b
	100 Gy	1.88 ± 0.09	abc	0.319 ± 0.045	ab	0.902 ± 0.016	b
Palisade parenchyma	C	3.55 ± 0.12	a	0.073 ± 0.014	b	0.890 ± 0.012	a
	0.3 Gy	2.89 ± 0.10	b	0.102 ± 0.013	ab	0.847 ± 0.018	b
	10 Gy	3.00 ± 0.14	b	0.104 ± 0.021	ab	0.826 ± 0.017	b
	20 Gy	3.02 ± 0.11	b	0.094 ± 0.013	ab	0.810 ± 0.014	b
	50 Gy	2.83 ± 0.12	b	0.107 ± 0.021	ab	0.750 ± 0.021	c
	100 Gy	2.75 ± 0.12	b	0.122 ± 0.023	a	0.809 ± 0.015	b
Spongy parenchyma	C	1.93 ± 0.10	a	0.323 ± 0.035	a	0.904 ± 0.011	a
	0.3 Gy	1.83 ± 0.10	a	0.375 ± 0.042	a	0.879 ± 0.013	a
	10 Gy	1.76 ± 0.07	a	0.357 ± 0.034	a	0.869 ± 0.011	a
	20 Gy	1.80 ± 0.09	a	0.366 ± 0.038	a	0.885 ± 0.016	a
	50 Gy	1.71 ± 0.06	a	0.372 ± 0.034	a	0.879 ± 0.015	a
	100 Gy	1.88 ± 0.10	a	0.339 ± 0.037	a	0.883 ± 0.015	a
Lower epidermis	C	1.48 ± 0.08	b	0.545 ± 0.045	a	0.957 ± 0.015	a
	0.3 Gy	2.10 ± 0.17	a	0.295 ± 0.046	b	0.929 ± 0.019	ab
	10 Gy	1.90 ± 0.12	ab	0.334 ± 0.043	b	0.893 ± 0.019	b
	20 Gy	1.78 ± 0.11	ab	0.388 ± 0.047	b	0.929 ± 0.017	ab
	50 Gy	1.72 ± 0.09	ab	0.367 ± 0.040	b	0.914 ± 0.016	b
	100 Gy	1.91 ± 0.14	ab	0.362 ± 0.054	b	0.888 ± 0.025	b