본 연구는 백합나무 5년생의 실생묘와 체세포묘 간 생리적 요인, 기공 특성 및 DNA 함량 비교를 위해 수행되었다. 광합성율 비교의 경우 실생묘는 $10.67{mu}mol$ $CO_2m^{-2}s^{-1}$, 체세포묘는 $9.04{mu}mol$ $CO_2m^{-2}s^{-1}$, 기공전도율의 경우 실생묘가 0.2 mol $H_2Om^{-2}s^{-1}$, 체세포묘가 0.166 mol $H_2Om^{-2}s^{-1}$, 또한 증발산율 비교에서는 실생묘가 1.71 mmol $H_2Om^{-2}s^{-1}$, 체세포묘는 1.513 mmol $H_2Om^{-2}s^{-1}$로 각각 나타나 별 차이가 없었다. 기공밀도(실생묘, 23.33개/$mm^2$; 체세포묘, 22.43개/$mm^2$), 기공길이(실생묘, $25.83{mu}m$; 체세포묘, $23.46{mu}m$) 및 기공 폭(실생묘, $15.87{mu}m$; 체세포묘, $15.3{mu}m$)비교에서는 모든 실생묘가 체세포묘 보다 수치가 다소 높게 나타났다. Flow cytometry를 이용한 엽조직의 DNA함량 비교에서도 실생묘와 체세포묘간에는 차이가 없었다.
Field performance of somatic plants (somatic embryo derived-plants) of yellow-poplar (Liriodendron tulipifera) produced from somatic embryogenesis was compared with that of seedlings at age 5. In comparison of photosynthetic rate (seedling, $10.67{mu}mol$ $CO_2m^{-2}s^{-1}$; somatic plant, $9.04{mu}mol$ $CO_2m^{-2}s^{-1}$), stomatal conductance rate (seedling, 0.2 $H_2Om^{-2}s^{-1}$; somatic plant, 0.166 $H_2Om^{-2}s^{-1}$) and respiration rate (seedling, 1.71 mmol $H_2Om^{-2}s^{-1}$; somatic plant, 1.513 mmol $H_2Om^{-2}s^{-1}$), no significant differences were found between plants. The seedlings were a little higher in comparison of stomatal density (seedling, $23.33/mm^2$; somatic plant, $22.43/mm^2$), length (seedling, $25.83{mu}m$; somatic plant, $23.46{mu}m$) and width (seedling, $15.87{mu}m$; somatic plant, $15.3{mu}m$). In comparison of DNA content of the leaves using flow cytometry, no differences in ploidy level were found between the seedlings and somatic plants.
