S054031 A Study on the Petal Surface Cells as the Plant Hydrodynamics

Abstract

This paper is concerned with plant hydrodynamics. The water disappearance process from the cut dandelion petal was observed by a Color 3D Laser Scanning Microscope. Some morphological parameters and cell shape profiles of the petal surface of the dandelion, Taraxacum officinale, was measured. The time change in the surface-roughness of the petal surface was obtained. The stoma surface shape on the involucral scale was also measured. Processes to the cell death of a plant were discussed using the time change of the petal surface shape of dandelion.