A STUDY ON ULTRASTRUCTURAL ASPECTS OF SEED DORMANCY IN WILD OATS

Authors

  • B. SH. BEHBODY Department of Biology, Tehran University, Tehran, Iran
  • H. SALIMI Plant Pests & Diseases Research Institute, P. O. Box 1454, Tehran 19395, Iran
  • M. GHORBANLI Department of Biology, Tarbiat Moalem University Tehran, Iran
  • N. SHAHRAEEN Plant Pests & Diseases Research Institute, P. O. Box 1454, Tehran 19395, Iran
Abstract:

The structural differences between  dormant and nondormant seeds of wild oats (Avena ludoviciana Durieu) were studied by light and transmission electron microscopy. Radial elongation of  scutellum epithelial cells were observed in nondormant seeds after imbibition, compared with dormant seeds in which cells were completely compressed. Ultrastructural differences for example, dilution of cytoplasm, digestion of lipid and aleurone grains, enlarged endoplasmic reticulum, increase  and assembly of polysomes and mitochondria, presence of a big vacuole were observed in nondormant seeds. Electron microscopy did not reveal such changes in dormant seeds. Nevertheless a lot of spherosomes, aleurone grains and some small vacuole were observed in the cytoplasm.

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volume 4  issue 1

pages  1- 10

publication date 2003-08-23

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