Root Initiation in Cuttings of Pinus radiata Seedlings: I. DEVELOPMENTAL SEQUENCE

Adventitious root initiation in hypocotyls of Pinus radiataD. Don consists of three distinct phases. In the pre-initiativephase, following selection of the cuttings, no histologicalchanges are observed. The initiative phase begins with swellingof a single parenchymatous cell, the meristematic locus. Distinctcytoplasmic changes within the meristematic locus are followedby cytoplasmic migration and asymmetric division in the surroundingcortical or peripheral cells. The third, or post-initiative,phase includes continued division of derivatives of the peripheralcells to form meristemoids which subsequently differentiateinto root primordia.