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Caryologia
International Journal of Cytology, Cytosystematics and Cytogenetics
Volume 29, 1976 - Issue 3
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Tapetal Ultrastructural Changes During Pollen Development. II. Studies on Pelargonium Zonale and Kalanchoë Obtusa

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Pages 339-344 | Received 11 Mar 1976, Published online: 30 Jan 2014
 

SUMMARY

The ultrastructure of the tapetal cells was studied in Kalanchoë obtusa and Pelargonium zonale. In an early stage of development the most characteristic feature was the presence of many spherical bodies bounded by a single membrane and containing cytoplasmic material. These bodies were localized in dilations of the ER and in the perinuclear space. In later stages, when the pollen was mature, the tapetal cells of Pelargonium contained many « grey » bodies and their plasmalemma was in close connection with the sculptures of the pollen grains.

RIASSUNTO

E' stata studiata al microscopio elettronico l'ultrastruttura delle cellule del tappeto di Pelagornium zonale e Kalanchoë obtusa. In stadi precoci di sviluppo esse presentano numerosi « bodies » sferoidali delimitati da una membrana semplice e contenenti materiale citoplasmatico. Questi « bodies » sono localizzati in dilatazioni dell'ER e nello spazio perinucleare. In stadi successivi di maturazione del polline le cellule del tappeto di Pelargonium contengono numerosi « grey bodies » sono per lo più prive di parete cellulosica e il loro plasmalemma è in stretta connessione con le sculture del polline.

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