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Annals of Botany 75: 455-462, 1995
© 1995 Annals of Botany Company

Ultrastructural Differentiation of the Ovarian Transmitting Tissue in Lilium regale

Sangeeta Singh and Björn Walles

Department of Botany, Stockholm University, S-106 91 Stockholm, Sweden

The cells of the ovarian transmitting tissue of Lilium regale are papilla shaped and form and epithelium on the placenta. Their ultrastructural organization and differentiation from 1 d before to 7 d after anthesis is presented. These placenta cells are typical transfer cells with a prominent secretion zone similar to that known from stylar canal cells. After anthesis the secretion zone continues to grow by addition of vesicle from the numerous dictyosomes. Maximum depth of this zone is reached by day 4 after anthesis. The outer surface of the cell wall is distinctly rugged on cell maturation and the outermost layer is corroded. The ER system undergoes transition from a smooth to a granular condition. Before anthesis there is a central vacuole which at anthesis is reduced to a system of small vauoles. These are supplemented by autophagic vacuoles formed from the ER. Such vacuoles are found near the secretion zone and may also fuse with the plasmalemma. The cuticle is sloughed and secretion commences before anthesis. Accumulations of vesicles found in the nucleus and occasional connections between such vesicles and the inner membrane of the nuclear envelope indicate the presence of a nuclear network. Protein crystals are present in the cytoplasm and the nucleus. The starch grains in the plastids are digested after anthesis, but new ones are formed by days 6 and 7.Copyright 1995, 1999 Academic Press

Lilium regale, transmitting tissue, placenta, secretion, nuclear reticulum, transfer cells


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