Annals of Botany 37: 593-596, 1973
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RESEARCH-ARTICLE |
Physiological Stress and Crystallites in Leaf Plastids of Phaseolus vulgaris L.
Laboratory of General Botany, R.U.C.A. B-2020 Antwerpen, Belgium
Received: 10 July 1972
Crystalline inclusions were found in leaf plastids of Phaseolus vulgaris L. cultivar Limburg when excised plant parts were used. Removal of the root system induced crystalloid production after an incubation period of optimal length. In agreement with the findings of other authors physiological stress seems to be the underlying condition of crystal formation in plastids.