An experiment was conducted to study the epidermal structures of rice leaf. A total of eight cultivars of rice, four from each 0; modem and traditional cultivars, were used in this study. The leaf epidermis consists of long and short cells, stomatal apparatuses and dermal appendages. The shape, size and arrangement of epidermal cells, number and shape of stomata, and occurrence and distribution of dermal appendages were found to be the character of the cultivar.
