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Published in Crop Sci 10:61-63 (1970)
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Stomate Density of Alfalfa (Medicago sativa L.)1

D. F. Cole and A. K. Dobrenz2

Five cultivars and two experimental lines were used to evaluate stomate density and length in alfalfa (Medicago sativa L.). Plants were grown under similar conditions with respect to light, temperature, and soil-moisture conditions. Stomate impressions were taken on the adaxial and abaxial leaf surfaces at four leaf positions on plants from all cultivars and experimental lines used in this study.

Average stomate density ranged from 146 per mm2 for ‘Sonora’ to 265 per mm2 for ‘Ladak.’ Stomate density was significantly greater on the adaxial leaf surface compared to the abaxial surface. Terminal leaves of all cultivars and experimental lines had more stomata per unit area than basal leaves.

Key Words: Leaf position and stomate density

1 Contribution from the Department of Agronomy, University of Arizona, Tucson, Ariz. Part of a thesis submitted by the senior author in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the M.S. degree. This research was financed in part by Grant 716-15-2 from the Cooperative State Research Service of the Agricultural Research Service, U. S. Department of Agriculture. Arizona Agricultural Experiment Station Journal Paper No. 1505.

2 Research assistant and Associate Agronomist, Department of Agronomy, University of Arizona, Tucson. 85721.

Received for publication June 15, 1969.




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