Perforation Plate Development in Knightia excelsa R. Br. : A Scanning Electron Microscope Study

1972 ◽  
Vol 20 (1) ◽  
pp. 79 ◽  
Author(s):  
BA Meylan ◽  
BG Butterfield

The development of perforation plates in the vessels of Knightia excelsa R. Br. is described. The primary walls and middle lamella in the region of the perforation remain intact late in the differentiation of the adjoining vessel members. Only after the secondary wall has been laid down, forming prominent borders over this perforation partition, does the latter show any sign of degeneration. The breakdown process involves a change in the nature of the partition, which becomes granular in appearance. Small holes then develop in it before its final disappearance.

1972 ◽  
Vol 20 (3) ◽  
pp. 253 ◽  
Author(s):  
BG Butterfield ◽  
BA Meylan

The development of the scalariform perforation plates in Laurelia novae- zelandiae A. Cunn. is described and illustrated with scanning electron micrographs. The primary walls and middle lamella in the areas to be perforated remain intact late in the differentiation of .the adjoining vessel members. After the secondary wall has beenlaid down on other areas of the vessel member walls, the perforation partitions are broken down by an enzymatic action on the surface of the partitions. This process leaves a network of fibrils which later disappear, possibly by the action of the transpiration stream.


1987 ◽  
Vol 41 (6) ◽  
pp. 1238-1243
Author(s):  
Yohichiroh Soh ◽  
Junroh Tahara ◽  
Takashi Hayashikawa ◽  
Masatoshi Hitaka ◽  
Kohzoh Kubota ◽  
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