Fig. 1

Light micrographs of pea seed sections stained with toluidine blue to show structural differences at intervening area between funicle and seed coat in wild type and def mutant peas. a JI116 tall WT young pea at 10.1. b JI116 tall WT mature pea at 2.1. c JI2822 dwarf WT young pea at 4.1. d JI2822 dwarf WT mature pea at 1.1. e JI1184 tall def mutant young pea at 8.1. f JI1184 tall def mutant mature pea at 2.1. g JI3020 dwart def mutant young pea at 3.1. h JI3020 dwarf def mutant mature pea at 1.2. AZ abscission zone; FN funicle; SE seed; ALZ abscission less zone. Arrows indicate the AZ. Scale bars 310 µm