Claim · model-written summary
Guard-cell volume increase and shape change alone did not form a stomatal pore.
- Taxon
- Vicia faba
Vicia fabat0 - Organ / stage
- guard celle0
- Outcome
- pore formatione0
Not reportedMaterialGeneCompoundInteractorInteractor roleSecond interactorSecond interactor roleTreatmentComparatorSettingDirectionValueQualifier
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Verbatim
e0“the change in guard cell shape as the cells increase in volume does not result in pore formation”
t0“Vicia faba and Tradescantia virginiana”
Title
Anju Manandhar; Fulton E Rockwell; Nicki Watson; et al. PLANT PHYSIOLOGY 2026. doi:10.1093/plphys/kiaf644
Other claims from this paper (3)
- Observation Lateral movement of the guard–epidermal wall boundary formed the pore.
- Observation No decrease in epidermal cell volume was evident during stomatal opening in T. virginiana.
- Observation Guard-cell intrusion changed epidermal-cell shape, displaced its volume out of plane and created room for pore formation.