Geometric plasticity at leaves from Ctenanthe oppenheimiana probed by measure of distances between stomata

Humberto Antunes de Almeida Filho and Jeaneth Machicao and Odemir M Bruno

Journal of Physics: Conference Series, 936:012094, 2017

We measure the stomatal plasticity at Ctenanthe oppenheimiana leaves based on distance between stomata pairs in microscopic images. The distance measurements revealed that the plasticity induced by environmental adaptations are measurable using the distance between neighbor stomata. Plants exposed to extreme light irradiation times from 24 to 4 hours per day, presented discernible relations between stomatal distances. The average distances between stomata pairs revealed a powerful tool to predict changes of plasticity of stomata according with different light acclimation conditions at Ctenanthe openheimiana plants.