Symplasmic fields in the tunica of the shoot apical meristem coordinate morphogenetic events.

QUANTITATIVE AND QUALITATIVE CHANGES IN SHOOT APICAL MERISTEM OF SAFFRON CROCUS DURING THE PERIOD OF GROWTH AND DEVELOPMENT

THE EFFECTS OF SALT STRESS ON THE SHOOT APICAL MERISTEM AND LEAF GENIERATION IN SUNFLOWER (HELIANTNUS ANNUUS L.)

Sunflower (Helictnthur annuus L. cvs Mehr Shafagh) seedlings were grown in nutrient solutions containing 20.5 to 70.4 mM NaCl and 0 as the control. The effects of salinity on developmental changes occurring in the shoot apices of plants were studied. At 20.5 mM NaCI concentration, the leaf emergence rate and plastochron index of Shafagh increased significantly, but this phenomenon was not o...

adventitious SAM formation are the formation of SAMS from the petioles of isolated leaves in African violets and from Arabidopsis roots cultured in vitro

Almost all of the tissue in a mature plant is ultimately derived from specialized groups of cells, called meristems, that reside at the tips of roots and shoots. Shoot apical meristems (SAMs) are responsible for elaborating the above ground portions of the plant, which include stems, leaves and flowers, whereas root apical meristems generate the extensive underground network of roots necessary ...

Developmental morphology of the shoot in Weddellina squamulosa and implications for shoot evolution in the Podostemaceae.

BACKGROUND AND AIMS In angiosperms, the shoot apical meristem produces a shoot system composed of stems, leaves and axillary buds. Podostemoideae, one of three subfamilies of the river-weed family Podostemaceae, have a unique 'shoot' that lacks a shoot apical meristem and is composed only of leaves. Tristichoideae have been interpreted to have a shoot apical meristem, although its branching pat...

Evolutionary aspects of non-cell-autonomous regulation in vascular plants: structural background and models to study

Plasmodesmata (PD) serve for the exchange of information in form of miRNA, proteins, and mRNA between adjacent cells in the course of plant development. This fundamental role of PD is well established in angiosperms but has not yet been traced back to the evolutionary ancient plant taxa where functional studies lag behind studies of PD structure and ontogenetic origin. There is convincing evide...