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Annals of Botany 75: 199-205, 1995
© 1995 Annals of Botany Company

Flower Morphogenesis in Rosa hybrida 'Mercedes' as Studied by Cryo-scanning Electron and Light Microscopy. Effects on Light and Shoot Position on a Branch

Frank M. Maas, Lutske Baan Hofman-Eijer and Karel Hulsteijn

Research Institute for Agrobiology and Soil Fertility (AB-DLO), P.O. Box 14, 6700 AA Wageningen and Institute for Plant Protection (IPO-DLO), P.O. Box 9060, 6700 GW Wageningen, The Netherlands

Flower bud development in Rosa hybrida cv. 'Mercedes' was studied in shoots grown at different irradiances and sprouting from axillary buds at different branch positions. Cryo-scanning electron microscopy and light microscopy were used to visualize, characterize and determine flower morphogenesis during early shoot development. Up to the moment of visible flower bud appearance on the plant, flower morphogenesis was divided into nine stages. This classification was based on external and internal characteristics of the primordium. All shoots of the rose 'Mercedes' whether positioned uppermost or second on a branch and whether grown at 300 or 150 µmol m-2 s-1 PAR (12 h d-1) developed equally up to flower stage 7, i.e. the stage just before visible initiation of stamen and pistils. Signs of flower bud abortion were the compactness of the flower bud at developmental stage 7 (height/width < 1·5) and the sprouting of axillary buds positioned just below the flower bud primordium. It was concluded that once a flower bud has reached a height to width ratio larger than 1·5, and once stamen and pistil developmental has started, it has passed the critical developmental stage in which abortion may occur. Flower developmental stage was closely related to shoot length. This relationship was not affected by irradiance level nor by shoot position on a branch. Therefore, cultivation treatments aimed to improve flower production by reducing flower abortion, such as supplementary lighting, will be most effective when applied during the first 2 weeks of shoot growth in which the flower develops up to stage 7.Copyright 1995, 1999 Academic Press

Flower development, flower bud abortion, irradiance, light, morphogenesis, Rosa hybrida 'Mercedes', Rosaceae, rose, scanning electron microscopy, shoot length


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