Figure 1

Phenotypic analysis of the red-leaf mutants of tea plants. (a) Wild-type tea plants and red-leaf mutants in the tea field; (b) and (c) Young branches of wild-type tea plants and red-leaf mutants; (d) and (f) Micromorphological images of the mutant leaf, ×40 fold and ×400 fold respectively; (e) and (g) Micromorphological images of the wild-type leaf staining with p-dimethylaminocinnamaldehyde (DMACA) - HCl, ×40 fold and ×400 fold respectively; Pa, palisade parenchyma; Gh, glandular hair; Xy, xylem. Note: Fig. 1: a,b and c were taken by Correspondence authors Yunsheng wang, in shitai, Chizhou, Anhui province, China, in March, 2013.