(1) Department of Biology, International Christian University, Mitaka, 181 Tokyo, Japan;(2) Department of Biological Sciene, Faculty of Science, Hiroshima University, 739 Higashi-Hiroshima, Japan
Abstract:
We have developed an experimental system in which the irradiation with a red light pulse induces stomatal disorientation in the hypocotyl epidermis ofCucumis sativus L. In this system, the orientation of the division plane in guard mother cells was not defined correctly. Preprophase bands formed in these cells but their orientation was abnormal.