温州蜜柑汁囊的形态发生

观察了温州蜜柑汁囊的形态发生过程。结果表明,汁囊起源于心皮内表皮的单个细胞,汁囊原始细胞垂周和平周分裂形成由多细胞构成的球状体。心皮内下的细胞也参与汁囊的形成。随着果实的生长,球状体进一步发育成一个伸长的柱状结构,在此过程中,伴有组织的分化,在柱状结构顶端的中央部分分化为一团类似分生组织的细胞群,这群细胞为多边形,中央有一个大而明显的细胞核,有浓厚的细胞质。柱状结构其它部分的细胞则由薄壁细胞组成。     

锦橙汁囊的超微结构

用常规电镜方法观察了锦橙［Ｃｉｔｒｕｓｓｉｎｅｎｓｉｓ （Ｌ．） Ｏｓｂ．］汁囊从原始细胞到发育为一个具柄的成熟汁囊的过程中,汁囊构成细胞超微结构的变化。锦橙汁囊原始细胞及发育为球状体时的构成细胞以及柱状结构顶端的细胞都是一种典型的分生组织细胞。在细胞质中有包括线粒体、质体、内质网、核糖体等丰富的细胞器,但没有观察到高尔基体。这些分生细胞分裂一段时期后就停止活动,逐渐分化为适应贮藏功能的液泡化薄壁细胞。分生细胞开始分化时,在细胞中出现许多小液泡和高尔基体。这些小液泡逐渐地融合,同时细胞质变少,最后形成一个有中央大液泡的薄壁细胞,在紧贴细胞膜的薄薄的一层细胞质中有线粒体、质体、高尔基体以及含有许多脂滴的杂色体。但成熟果实中汁囊的薄壁细胞中几乎没有任何细胞器。     

Guan溪蜜柚汁囊分化和粒化过程的解剖学观察

用徒手切片、石蜡切片、细胞化学等方法观察了Ｇｕａｎ溪蜜柚（Ｃｉｔｒｕｓｇｒａｎｄｉｓ（Ｌ．）Ｏｓｂｅｃｋ）汁囊的分化和粒化过程。结果表明,心皮内皮表皮和表皮下细胞分裂共同形成汁的基。由汁囊原基发展成柱状结构。柱状结构项端有类似分生组织的细胞群,中心有类亿分生组织的细胞柱。     

琯溪蜜柚汁囊分化和粒化过程的解剖学观察

用徒手切片、石蜡切片、细胞化学等方法观察了琯溪蜜柚（Ｃｉｔｒｕｓ　ｇｒａｎｄｉｓ（Ｌ．）Ｏｓｂｅｃｋ）汁囊的分化和粒化过程。结果表明,心皮内表皮细胞和表皮下细胞分裂共同形成汁囊原基。由汁囊原基发展成柱状结构。柱状结构顶端有类似分生组织的细胞群,中心有类似分生组织的细胞柱。它们的细胞呈多角形,细胞核大,原生质浓厚。类似分生组织的细胞柱纵贯柱状结构中心（除柄部外）。开花后７周近柄端明显分化。开花后约两个半月,汁囊雏形形成。汁囊的粒化分为４个阶段：（１）正常汁囊阶段,汁囊透明,切开溢出果汁。表皮下细胞为角隅加厚的厚角组织,个别薄壁组织细胞原生质体已死亡。（２）凝胶化阶段,汁囊透明、坚挺,切开为凝胶状,表皮下细胞区的厚角组织细胞壁全面加厚。有的汁囊中已有部分细胞的细胞壁木质化。（３）粒化阶段,汁囊乳白色或部分乳白色。表皮、表皮下细胞区、长细胞区和汁细胞区等四个细胞区均有较多细胞的细胞壁木质化加厚。（４）粒化后期,汁囊黄白色,部分硬化,部分萎缩,汁囊变形,硬化部分大部细胞木质化,萎缩部分死亡的细胞被挤压,随果实贮存时间延长,正常汁囊减少,汁囊中淀粉量减少,油滴增多。     

中亚滨藜盐囊泡形态结构与发育研究

应用石蜡切片技术,通过光学显微镜和扫描电镜研究了中亚滨藜(Atriplex centralasiaticaIljin)盐囊泡的形态结构与发育.结果表明:中亚滨藜的盐囊泡起源于叶原基、茎尖及幼叶处的表皮细胞,细胞质浓厚,它经过平周分裂(不均等分裂)形成泡状细胞和柄细胞,有的柄细胞继续分裂形成2个柄细胞,其结构由1~2个柄细胞和顶端1个膨大的泡状细胞构成,外面包被一层很厚的多层次的角质层.中亚滨藜的耐盐结构———盐囊泡是一种适应性结构,具有进一步研究、应用的价值.     

海金沙配子体发育及卵发生的显微观察

用光镜观察海金沙(Lygodium japonicum)配子体发育和卵发生。海金沙孢子为四面体形,具三裂缝,孢子萌发方式为密穗蕨型(Anemia-type);配子体的发育形态多样,通常丝状体长至3~5个细胞时通过顶细胞纵分裂发育为片状体,进而发育为心形原叶体,在心形原叶体上可产生精子器和颈卵器。但在培养过程中也可产生10个细胞以上的丝状体,这种丝状体发育成的片状体和原叶体形态通常不规则,只产生精子器,不产生颈卵器。原叶体发育是铁线蕨型(Adiantum-type),性器官是薄囊蕨型(Leptosporangiate-type)。切片观察海金沙颈卵器产生于生长点下方表面细胞,经两次分裂形成了顶细胞、初生细胞和基细胞。其中初生细胞再经两次不等分裂产生卵细胞、腹沟细胞和颈沟细胞,此时三个细胞紧密相连,随发育,颈沟细胞和和腹沟细胞退化,卵周围形成了分离腔,光镜观察显示成熟卵细胞上无典型卵膜形成,未观察到受精孔的结构。     

浒苔(Enteromorpha prolifera)藻体发育的显微观察

通过显微镜观察以及石蜡切片法观察了浒苔属浒苔藻体的发育过程,阐述了浒苔从孢子释放到形成成熟藻体这一发育过程的显微特征。结果表明:浒苔孢子由成熟体细胞分化发育而成,每个成熟体细胞可形成10～30个孢子;孢子首先分裂为2细胞结构,2细胞具有明显的极性,基细胞发育成为假根,顶端细胞不断进行横分裂形成丝状体;丝状体顶端以下细胞通过纵分裂形成管状叶状体,顶端细胞始终保持横分裂;纵分裂分为切向分裂与径向分裂,切向分裂增加管状叶状体管周细胞数从而使管体增大,径向分裂形成管外壁突起细胞,最终发育为分枝;管状叶状体管腔内部有绒毛状的突起及糖蛋白成分的网架结构;当管状叶状体管周细胞达到30～50h,管腔内部突起消失,网架结构收缩拉紧,管壁细胞贴近形成片状叶状体;整个浒苔藻体始终保持极性发育。     

温州蜜柑果实发育进程中光合产物运输分配及糖积累特性

测定了温州蜜柑果实发育进程中糖的积累动态,并用14C示踪方法研究了果实发育不同阶段源叶的光合产物在果实中的运输分配特性.结果表明(1)果实组织中的糖含量随果实发育持续上升,果皮以积累己糖为主而其它组织则以积累蔗糖为主或略多.(2)在果实完熟之前,汁囊分配到的光合产物均占果实的50%以上,为果实中的光合产物分配中心;而到完熟阶段分配到汁囊的14C光合产物与其它组织接近,不再有明显的分配中心.(3)汁囊中的14C放射性比活度随着果实发育呈下降趋势,尤其在后期下降极为明显.(4)维管束/囊瓣表皮和囊瓣表皮/汁囊的14C放射性比活度的比率都随果实发育进程而增大,但后者的比率要大大高于前者,表明韧皮部后运输是光合产物进入汁囊的限速阶段.(5)输入到汁囊的14C光合产物主要以蔗糖形式存在,说明光合产物是以蔗糖为主体输入汁囊参与糖积累和代谢的.     

黄槐叶片培养过程中器官发生的研究

以黄槐（ＣａｓｓｉａｓｕｒａｔｔｅｎｓｉｓＢｕｒｍ．ｆ．）幼嫩叶片为材料,接种于ＭＳ＋ＮＡＡ１ｐｐｍ＋２,４－Ｄ１ｐｐｍ＋６－ＢＡ２ｐｐｍ的培养基上,诱导形成两种形态的愈伤组织,即致密愈伤组织与雪花状愈伤组织．将愈伤组织转移到ＭＳ＋ＮＡＡ：１ｐｐｍ＋６－ＢＡ２ｐｐｍ的分化培养基上．仅致密型愈伤组织经过球状体至不定芽途径形成大量再生植株。扫描电镜及组织细胞学观察表明,致密愈伤组织表层细胞排列紧密,有许多分生细胞团,而雪花状愈伤组织表层细胞薄壁化,分裂能力很低。球状体起源于致密愈伤组织表层的分生细胞团,其细胞有极强的分生能力,顶端可以分化发育成不定芽原基,最后形成不定芽并发育成小植株。球状体可以看成是具有形成不定芽能力的繁殖单位．     

水蕨孢子囊早期发育的超微结构

利用透射电镜对模式植物水蕨(Ceratopteris thalictroides)孢子囊的早期发育进行研究.结果表明:水蕨的孢子囊是由叶片表皮的原始细胞发育而来,经过横向和纵向分裂形成外套层原始细胞和内部细胞,此过程中各个细胞内线粒体和叶绿体逐渐变大,变发达;之后外套层原始细胞继续纵分裂形成孢子囊壁细胞,内部细胞分裂形成内外两层绒毡层和孢子母细胞,此过程中电子密集物在分裂最为旺盛的细胞内体积最大,数量最多;最后孢子母细胞减数分裂形成四分孢子,此时可见孢子之间以及孢子与原生质团之间均存在着表面膜.内层绒毡层为周原质团绒毡层,外层绒毡层为腺质型绒毡层.水蕨孢子囊的早期发育属于薄囊蕨型发育.     

Ultrastructure of Jincheng Juice Sac of Citrus sinensis

Ultrastructure of Jincheng juice sac of Citrus sinensis (L.) Osb. was continuously investigated from the initial cell to the stalk-bearing sac. The initial cell and cells formed globularstructure, as well as the uper cells of the column-structure were typical meristem cells with mitochondria, plastids, rough endoplasmic reticulum, rich ribosome without Golgi body in their dense cytoplasm. These meristem cells would differentiate into parenchyma ceils pro2 viding storage function. At the beginning of differentiation of the meristem cells, the number of small vacuoles increased and some Golgi bodies appeared. Small vacuoles gradually fused into a central vacuole. During the fusion of small vacuoles, the cytoplasm became thinned, but still contained mitochondria, plastids, Golgi bodies, end0plasmic reticulum and some chromplasts with lipid drops. Almost no organelle were ever observed in the parenchyma cells of juice sac from mature fruit.     

Cell lineage analysis of maize bundle sheath and mesophyll cells

Maize leaves are divided into repeated longitudinal units consisting of vascular tissue, bundle sheath (BS), and mesophyll (M) cells. We have carried out a cell lineage analysis of these cell types using six spontaneous striping mutants of maize. We show that certain cell division patterns are preferentially utilized, but not required, to form the characteristic arrangement of cell types. Our data suggest that early in development a central cell layer is formed, most frequently by periclinal divisions in the adaxial subepidermal layer of the leaf primordium. Lateral and intermediate veins are initiated in this central layer, most often by divisions which contribute daughter cells to both the procambium and the ground meristem. These divisions generate "half vein" units which comprise half of the bundle sheath cells around a vein and a single adjacent M cell. We show that intermediate veins are multiclonal both in this transverse direction and along their lengths. BS cells are more closely related to M cells in the middle layer of the leaf than to those in the upper and lower subepidermal layers. An examination of sector boundaries has shown that photosynthetic differentiation in M cells is affected by the phenotype of neighboring BS cells.     

Meristem as a Self-Renewing System: Maintenance and Cessation of Cell Proliferation (A Review)

The mechanisms of the maintenance of long-term cell proliferation and its cessation in the meristem of the growing root were analyzed. Quiescent center (QC) remains in the meristem for a long time, whereas all other cells leave the meristem after several mitotic cycles. The question arises as to what extent such organization of proliferation corresponds to the concept of stem cells elaborated for animals. The definition of animal stem cells is met by the QC cells rather than by actively dividing cells that boundary it. However, QC is not a self-maintaining population of cells originated during early stages of embryogenesis; it is formed from dividing cells in the main or lateral root. After root decapitation, the QC can arise from the cells that normally would leave the meristem before long. There is a zone of the meristem whose cells are capable of remaining and forming QC after the removal of the apical part of the root. Maintenance of the size of the meristem depends on the interaction between QC, initial cells located at its surface, and the actively dividing cells. Apparently, the life span of cells in the meristem determines the time when the meristematic cell will begin the elongation. The number of cells starting the elongation depends on proliferation rate and on the changes in life span of meristematic cells which determine their initial number. The life span of the cells in the meristem for most actively dividing cells does not depend on the cell divisions, and remains unchanged in the presence of various inhibitors. As a result of inhibited proliferation in the main part of the meristem, cell divisions in the QC are activated and newly formed cells may proceed to rapid divisions. Thus, the size of the meristem is maintained by the operation of several mechanisms, and individual processes may be, on the one hand, relatively independent and, on the other hand, regulated either by feedback or directly. As a result, the root growth becomes resistant to various external events.     

Cortical development in roots of the aquatic plant Pontederia cordata (Pontederiaceae)

Adventitious roots of marsh-grown Pontederia cordata were examined to determine cortical development and structure. The innermost layer of the ground meristem forms the endodermis and aerenchymatous cortex. The outermost layer of the early ground meristem undergoes a precise pattern of oblique and periclinal cell divisions to produce a single or double layer of prohypodermis with an anchor cell for each radial file of aerenchyma cells. At maturity, endodermal cell walls are modified only by narrow Casparian bands. The central regions of the ground meristem become proaerenchyma and exhibit asymmetric cell division and expansion. They produce an aerenchymatous zone with barrel-shaped large cells and irregularly shaped small cells traversing the aerenchyma horizontally along radii; some crystalliferous cells with raphides are present in the aerenchyma. The walls of the hypodermis are modified early by polyphenols. The outermost layer of the hypodermis later matures into an exodermis with Casparian bands that are impermeable to berberine, an apoplastic tracer dye. The nonexodermal layer(s) of the hypodermis has suberin-modified walls. Radial files of aerenchyma are usually connected by narrow protuberances near their midpoints, the aerenchyma lacunae having been produced by expansion of cells along walls lining intercellular spaces. We are terming this type of aerenchyma development, which is neither schizogenous nor lysigenous, "differential expansion."     

Time-lapse analysis of stem-cell divisions in the Arabidopsis thaliana root meristem

In the Arabidopsis root, asymmetric stem-cell divisions produce daughters that form the different root cell types. Here we report the establishment of a confocal tracking system that allows the analysis of numbers and orientations of cell divisions in root stem cells. The system provides direct evidence that stem cells have lower division rates than cells in the proximal meristem. It also allows tracking of cell division timing, which we have used to analyse the synchronization of root cap divisions. Finally, it gives new insights into lateral root cap formation: epidermal stem-cell daughters can rotate the orientation of the division plane like the stem cell.     

Apical organization and maturation of the cortex and vascular cylinder inArabidopsis thaliana (Brassicaceae) roots

Developmental and physiological studies of roots are frequently limited to a post-germination stage. In Arabidopsis, a developmental change in the root meristem architecture during plant ontogenesis has not previously been studied and is addressed presently. Arabidopsis thaliana have closed root apical organization, in which all cell file lineages connect directly to one of three distinct initial tiers. The root meristem organization is dynamic and changes as the root ages from 1 to 4 wk post-germination. During the ontogeny of the root, the number of cells within the root apical meristem (RAM) increases and then decreases due to changes in the number of cortical layers and number of cell files within a central cylinder. The architecture of the initial tiers also changes as the root meristem ages. Included in the RAM's ontogeny is a pattern associated with the periclinal divisions that give rise to the middle cortex and endodermis; the three-dimensional arrangement of periclinally dividing derivative cells resembles one gyre of a helix. Four- or 5-wk-old roots exhibit a disorganized array of vacuolated initial cells that are a manifestation of the determinate nature of the meristem. Vascular cambium is formed via coordinated divisions of vascular parenchyma and pericycle cells. The phellogen is the last meristem to complete its development, and it is derived from pericycle cells that delineate the outer boundary of the root.     

EARLY HISTOGENESIS AND SEMIQUANTITATIVE HISTOCHEMISTRY OF LEAF INITIATION IN TRITICUM AESTIVUM

The shoot apex of Triticum aestivum cv. Ramona 50 was investigated histologically to describe cell lineages and events during leaf initiation. During histogenesis three periclinal divisions occurred in the first apical layer, with one or two divisions in the second apical layer. This sequence of cell divisions initially occurred in one region and spread laterally in both directions to encircle the meristem. Cells of the third apical layer were not involved in leaf histogenesis. Initially, young leaf primordia were produced from daughter cells of periclinal divisions in the two outer apical layers. Nuclear contents of protein, histone, and RNA in the shoot apex were evaluated as ratios to DNA by means of semiquantitative histochemistry. Daughter cells of periclinal divisions in the outer apical layer which produced the leaf primordia had higher histone/DNA ratios than cells of the remaining meristem. However, protein/DNA and RNA/DNA ratios were similar in both regions. Leaf initial cells had a higher ³H-thymidine labeling index, a higher RNA synthesis rate, and smaller nuclear volumes than cells of the residual apical meristem.     

Protective effect of wheat germ agglutinin on the course of mitosis in the roots of <Emphasis Type="Italic">Triticum aestivum</Emphasis> seedlings exposed to cadmium

Effect of pretreatment with 28 nM wheat germ agglutinin (WGA) on cell divisions in the root apical meristem of 4-day-old seedlings of wheat (Triticum aestivum L.), distribution of cells among mitotic phases, cadmium-induced disruptions of normal progression through mitosis, and activity of nucleolar organizer regions (NOR) of the chromosomes was studied after 7-h-long exposure to 1 mM cadmium acetate. Pretreatment with WGA has a pronounced protective effect on divisions of root meristem cells exposed to cadmium. Progression of the cells through mitotic phases was normalized, abnormal mitoses became much less numerous, and the share of binuclear cells decreased. Activity of NOR remained at the control level that much depended on the ability of WGA to prevent reduction in cytokinin content under cadmium stress.