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Table 3 Effect of ploidy level on stomatal characteristics of P. hopeiensis

From: In vitro octaploid induction of Populus hopeiensis with colchicine

Ploidy

Stomatal length (μm)

Stomatal width (μm)

Stomatal density (N/mm2)

Tetraploids

19.21 ± 0.12b

8.54 ± 0.24b

114.36 ± 12.16a

Octaploids

35.01 ± 0.89a

14.14 ± 0.54a

56.87 ± 1.85b

  1. Data are mean ± SE. Different lowercase letters represent significant differences at the 0.05 level of probability based on a two-sample t-test