Table 7 Percent change in stomatal density, cane yield, and sugar yield of sugarcane genotypes irradiated with four levels of gamma radiations.

From: Revisiting the physical mutagenesis for sugarcane improvement: a stomatal prospective

Treatment (Gy)

Adaxial stomatal density

Abaxial stomatal density

Cane yield

Sugar yield

NIA-0819 (%)

NIA-98 (%)

BL4 (%)

NIA-0819 (%)

NIA-98 (%)

BL4 (%)

NIA-0819 (%)

NIA-98 (%)

BL4 (%)

NIA-0819 (%)

NIA-98 (%)

BL4 (%)

10 

12.99

− 8.46

7.01

12.69

6.40

4.53

11.69

0

4.63

− 4.17

36.55

− 6.09

20 

4.90

11.40

15.19

5.93

11.97

8.49

8.17

32.97

19.69

23.13

10.22

14.21

30 

− 13.24

− 8.28

− 6.63

− 5.39

− 1.33

− 3.15

− 21.20

− 4.47

− 13.05

2.08

0.27

10.32

40 

− 18.88

− 24.37

− 9.61

− 13.97

− 13.79

− 14.24

− 33.30

− 26.07

− 31.69

0

− 1.34

3.89