Dualité des corps protéiques du mésophylle adaxial et abaxial des cotylédons de quelques espèces de la tribu des Génistées (Légumineuses)

1987 ◽  
Vol 65 (9) ◽  
pp. 1870-1875 ◽  
Author(s):  
L. Citharel ◽  
J. Citharel

The presence of globoids in cotyledon protein bodies is confirmed in several Genistae. In addition, the duality (homogeneous protein bodies in cells on the adaxial side and heterogeneous protein bodies in cells on the abaxial side), previously reported in Cytisus scoparius cotyledons, has now been established in other Cytisus species, as well as in other genera of the Genistae tribe.

2014 ◽  
Vol 63 (3-4) ◽  
pp. 219-227 ◽  
Author(s):  
Zygmunt Hejnowicz ◽  
Kazimierz Trębacz ◽  
Andreas Sievers

The effect of temperature upon the bioelectric potential across the plasma membrane in cells of tepals of <i>Eranthis hyemalis</i> (L.) Salisb. (Winter aconite) is described. Rapid warming of an intact tepal resulted in a transient small increase in the magnitude of transmembrane potential difference followed by a substantial long-lasting depolarization which is considered as an "anomalous" response. Upon rapid cooling the reverse response occurred: a small transient depolarization was followed by a substantial hyperpolarization (also an anomalous response). The anomalous responses were more pronounced in the epidermis on the abaxial side of the tepal than in that on the adaxial side, indicating an electrophysiological dorsiventrality of the tepals. The anomalous responses were much less apparent in cells of isolated tissues than in cells of intact tepals. This difference does not appear to result from wounding or bringing a tissue into direct contact with the external solution because in segments of tepals devoid of the abaxial epidermis only, the PD of the parenchyma behaved in a way similar to that of the intact tepals. It is suggested that the occurrence of the anomalous responses is modulated by the tissue stresses. The functional importance of the responses for thermonastic movements is discussed.


2010 ◽  
Vol 73 (6) ◽  
pp. 1023-1029 ◽  
Author(s):  
MARILYN C. ERICKSON ◽  
CATHY C. WEBB ◽  
JUAN CARLOS DIAZ-PEREZ ◽  
SHARAD C. PHATAK ◽  
JOHN J. SILVOY ◽  
...  

Numerous field studies have revealed that irrigation water can contaminate the surface of plants; however, the occurrence of pathogen internalization is unclear. This study was conducted to determine the sites of Escherichia coli O157:H7 contamination and its survival when the bacteria were applied through spray irrigation water to either field-grown spinach or lettuce. To differentiate internalized and surface populations, leaves were treated with a surface disinfectant wash before the tissue was ground for analysis of E. coli O157:H7 by direct plate count or enrichment culture. Irrigation water containing E. coli O157:H7 at 102, 104, or 106 CFU/ml was applied to spinach 48 and 69 days after transplantation of seedlings into fields. E. coli O157:H7 was initially detected after application on the surface of plants dosed at 104 CFU/ml (4 of 20 samples) and both on the surface (17 of 20 samples) and internally (5 of 20 samples) of plants dosed at 106 CFU/ml. Seven days postspraying, all spinach leaves tested negative for surface or internal contamination. In a subsequent study, irrigation water containing E. coli O157:H7 at 108 CFU/ml was sprayed onto either the abaxial (lower) or adaxial (upper) side of leaves of field-grown lettuce under sunny or shaded conditions. E. coli O157:H7 was detectable on the leaf surface 27 days postspraying, but survival was higher on leaves sprayed on the abaxial side than on leaves sprayed on the adaxial side. Internalization of E. coli O157:H7 into lettuce leaves also occurred with greater persistence in leaves sprayed on the abaxial side (up to 14 days) than in leaves sprayed on the adaxial side (2 days).


2009 ◽  
Vol 72 (10) ◽  
pp. 2028-2037 ◽  
Author(s):  
GUODONG ZHANG ◽  
LI MA ◽  
LARRY R. BEUCHAT ◽  
MARILYN C. ERICKSON ◽  
VANESSA H. PHELAN ◽  
...  

Survival and internalization characteristics of Escherichia coli O157:H7 in iceberg, romaine, and leaf lettuce after inoculation of leaf surfaces and soil were determined. A five-strain mixture of E. coli O157:H7 in water and cow manure extract was used as an inoculum for abaxial and adaxial sides of leaves at populations of 6 to 7 log and 4 log CFU per plant. The five strains were individually inoculated into soil at populations of 3 and 6 log CFU/g. Soil, leaves, and roots were analyzed for the presence and population of E. coli O157:H7. Ten (4.7%) of 212 samples of leaves inoculated on the adaxial side were positive for E. coli O157:H7, whereas 38 (17.9%) of 212 samples inoculated on the abaxial side were positive. E. coli O157:H7 survived for at least 25 days on leaf surfaces, with survival greater on the abaxial side of the leaves than on the adaxial side. All 212 rhizosphere samples and 424 surface-sanitized leaf and root samples from plants with inoculated leaves were negative for E. coli O157:H7, regardless of plant age at the time of inoculation or the location on the leaf receiving the inoculum. The pathogen survived in soil for at least 60 days. Five hundred ninety-eight (99.7%) of 600 surface-sanitized leaf and root samples from plants grown in inoculated soil were negative for E. coli O157:H7. Internalization of E. coli O157:H7 in lettuce leaves and roots did not occur, regardless of the type of lettuce, age of plants, or strain of E. coli O157:H7.


Development ◽  
2002 ◽  
Vol 129 (18) ◽  
pp. 4281-4289
Author(s):  
Robert J. Meister ◽  
Louren M. Kotow ◽  
Charles S. Gasser

The outer integument of Arabidopsis ovules exhibits marked polarity in its development, growing extensively from the abaxial side, but only to a very limited extent from the adaxial side of the ovule. Mutations in two genes affect this asymmetric growth. In strong inner no outer (ino) mutants outer integument growth is eliminated, whereas in superman (sup) mutants integument growth on the adaxial side is nearly equal to wild-type growth on the abaxial side. Through complementation and reporter gene analysis, a region of INO 5′-flanking sequences was identified that contains sufficient information for appropriate expression of INO. Using this INO promoter (P-INO) we show that INO acts as a positive regulator of transcription from P-INO, but is not sufficient for de novo initiation of transcription in other plant parts. Protein fusions demonstrate nuclear localization of INO, consistent with a proposed role as a transcription factor for this member of the YABBY protein family. Through its ability to inhibit expression of the endogenous INO gene and transgenes driven by P-INO, SUP is shown to be a negative regulator of INO transcription. Substitution of another YABBY protein coding region (CRABS CLAW) for INO overcomes this negative regulation, indicating that SUP suppresses INO transcription through attenuation of the INO positive autoregulatory loop.


Phytotaxa ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 391 (3) ◽  
pp. 167 ◽  
Author(s):  
MIN-JUNG KONG ◽  
SUK-PYO HONG

A comparative study of the leaf microstructures of 19 taxa belonging to the Persicaria sect. Cephalophilon and related four Koenigia taxa was performed by LM and SEM to evaluate their systematic significance. Both amphistomatic and hypostomatic leaves were observed in the taxa studied. The stomatal size ranged from 17.04–41.96 × 13.41–37.30 μm, and stomata on the adaxial side were larger than those on the abaxial side in general. Anomocytic stomata occurred most commonly, but more than one type of stomata was observed on the same surface. Paracytic stomata was found in both Persicaria palmata and P. criopolitana. The epidermal cells usually have straight to sinuate anticlinal cell walls (ACW), and the ACW on the abaxial side of most taxa is much more undulated than that on the adaxial side. Cuticular striation was observed in most of the studied taxa, which was restricted to only the adaxial side. Two types of crystals were observed: druse and prismatic, and seven types of trichome were recognized: five types of non-glandular trichomes (stellate with smooth surface, multiseriate with either smooth or striated surface, and uniseriate with either smooth or papillose surface), and two types of glandular trichomes (peltate and long-stalked pilate). The leaf micromorphology in this study was categorized into five types based on the stomata, epidermis, crystal and trichome, as further systematic significance of the leaf epidermal characters within the P. sect. Cephalophilon are discussed. In addition, we propose a new taxonomic combination in the P. sect. Cephalophilon.


2018 ◽  
Vol 10 (4) ◽  
pp. 547-553
Author(s):  
Bhavna Girish SHARMA ◽  
Susy ALBERT ◽  
Haresh Kumar DHADUK

Leaves of thirty cultivars of Mangifera indica L. were investigated to compare their anatomical variations and identify the characteristic features which are potential markers for the identification of the cultivars. Variations were noted in the thickness of cuticle, length of epidermal cells in the abaxial and adaxial surfaces, length of palisade and spongy tissue. The length of epidermal cell varied from 10 µm in ‘Goto’ to 25 µm in ‘Desi’ cultivars on adaxial side, while on the abaxial side it varied from 15.5 µm in ‘Alphonso’ to 6.9 µm in ‘Sopari’. The palisade tissue length was maximum in ‘Jahangir’ (111.36 µm), while it was lowest in ‘Fazli’ (24.13 µm). Spongy tissue length was the highest in ‘Jamadar’ (199.92 µm) and lowest in ‘Fazli’ (90.55 µm). Two layers of palisade tissue were seen in ‘Sindoria’, ‘Jhumakhiya 2’, ‘Aambadi’, ‘Neelam’,  ‘Rajapuri’, ‘Fazli’, ‘Jahangir’, ‘Kaju’, and ‘Aamir pasand’, while three layers were seen in ‘Alphonso’, ‘Jamadar’, ‘Ladvo’, ‘Sopari’ and ‘Dudhpendo’. Such parameters can be used for distinctly differentiating varieties among them and thus have an exact identification when morphological features are indistinguishable.


2019 ◽  
Vol 79 (1) ◽  
pp. 1-19
Author(s):  
Katarzyna Michalska ◽  
Anna Tomczyk ◽  
Barbara Łotocka ◽  
Sławomir Orzechowski ◽  
Marcin Studnicki

Abstract Leaf-dwelling mites often prefer to feed on young leaves and also are more likely to inhabit the abaxial leaf side. The aim of our study was to examine whether leaf age may affect production and distribution of eggs on black locust leaves by females of Aculops allotrichus. The eriophyoids were tested for 2.5 days on ‘trimmed’ compound leaves (with only two opposite leaflets left), which were maintained in vials filled with water. For the experiments we used leaves of three categories: (1) the ‘youngest’, in which both halves of the adaxial side of leaflets still adhered to each other (and usually remained folded for the next few hours), (2) ‘young’ with already unfolded leaflets, and (3) ‘mature’ with fully expanded leaflets. The tested females laid significantly more eggs on developing leaves than on ‘mature’ ones, although they deposited the highest number of eggs on the ‘young’ leaves. The distribution of eggs on adaxial or abaxial leaf sides also depended on leaf age. On the ‘youngest’ leaves, eriophyoids placed similar numbers of eggs on both sides of a blade. However, the older the leaf, the more willingly females deposited eggs on the abaxial side. Our biochemical and morphometrical analyses of black locust leaves indicated significant changes in the contents of nutrients and phenols within leaf tissue, and in the density of trichomes and thickness of the outer epidermal cell walls, correlated with leaf age. Their possible effects on the production and distribution of eggs on leaves by A. allotrichus are discussed.


2004 ◽  
Vol 52 (3) ◽  
pp. 285 ◽  
Author(s):  
G. Prenner

The floral development of Daviesia cordata Smith is studied by the use of scanning electron microscopy. This is the first study of a member of Mirbelieae. Although organ initiation in Papilionoideae is said to be almost uniformly unidirectional from the abaxial to the adaxial side, the presented floral development shows striking differences from this mode. Sepals, petals and the antepetalous stamens are initiated in simultaneous whorls, which is seen as a consequence of harmonisation of the plastochrons within the whorls. The antesepalous stamens are initiated unidirectional from the adaxial to the abaxial side, which is the reversed direction of the common mode of Papilionoideae. This is the first record of reversed unidirectionality in Papilionoideae, which can be linked with isolated findings in Caesalpinioideae and Mimosoideae. Concerning developmental aspects, the results seem to link the papilionoid flower closer to those of Caesalpinioideae and Mimosoideae. Further developmental studies are necessary to broaden the data matrix for a detailed phylogenetic analysis.


Author(s):  
S. Bangajavalli

Objective: To characterize macroscopical and microscopical features of the leaf and stem of Toddalia asiatica (L.) Lam. RUTACEAE. Explore and establish the micro-morphology and quality control methods for this plant.Methods: leaves and stem of Toddalia asiatica (L.) Lam. were collected for Pharmacognostic studies involving macros, microscopic evaluation and physicochemical parameters analysis like Ash value, Moisture content, Fluorescence analysis and phytochemicals.Results: The leaf even and smooth on the adaxial side and highly undulate and densely hairy on the abaxial side. The midrib is very thick projecting much below the lower side of the leaf. The midrib is slightly revised above the adaxial side. It is thick and semicircular on the abaxial side. It is 950 µm thick and 900 µm wide. The lateral vein hangs from the abaxial surface of the lamina. It is thick and prominent. There is no distinct differentiation of palisade and spongy mesophyll tissue. The lamina is 100 µm thick. In the region of lateral veins, it is 160 µm thick. Calcium oxalate crystals are fairly abundant in the secondary xylem parenchyma cells of the stem. Prismatic crystals also sparsly seen in the parenchyma cells outside the gelatinous fibre. The powder was also treated with different chemical reagents and changes in colour were studied in ordinary light and UV light. These fluorescence characters were determined according to the methods of Chase and Pratt. The total moisture content of the Toddalia asiatica was 46%. The total ash content of the whole plant was found 96%, the acid insoluble ash content of the whole plant was found 5%, the water-soluble ash content of the whole plant was found 2%, and the sulphated ash content of the whole plant was found 85%. The extractive values obtained from different solvents were found in the Toddalia asiatica among all the extracts chloroform showed the highest percentage (81%) followed by Ethanol (45%) and Benzene (44%). The distribution of different phytochemical constitutes in ethanol, benzene, chloroform acetone, petroleum ether and water of whole plant powder was evaluated qualitatively. The phytochemical such as carbohydrates, saponins, flavonoid, alkaloids, cardiac glycosides, phenols, coumarins, and steroids have been confirmed in the all the above extracts of the selected plant. Moreover, phytochemicals such as alkaloids, flavonoid, cardiac glycosides, courmarins, and steroids are also present in the sample and absence of, anthraquinone, steroid, terpenoid and fixed oil.Conclusion: The observations confirmed that Toddalia asiatica obvious Pharmacognostic characteristics, which will be useful towards providing a reliable basis for identification, purity, quality, and classification of the plant. Results shall pave a way in the standardization of the drug.


1970 ◽  
Vol 48 (10) ◽  
pp. 1887-1891 ◽  
Author(s):  
M. V. S. Raju ◽  
Henry E. Mann

Excised leaves, L1–L30, of Echeveria elegans Bgr. were cultured aseptically on an agar medium to study their regenerative capacity. The younger leaves tended to produce roots earlier than shoots and some had not produced shoots by the time of termination of the experiments. The older leaves produced shoots earlier than roots and in such instances the shoots appeared on the adaxial side. In no case was the appearance of shoots on the abaxial side of the leaf noticed and this suggested the possible manifestation of polarity of regeneration. The leaf regeneration to produce roots or shoots depended on the degree of vascular differentiation, particularly at the leaf base where regeneration normally occurs. In young leaves that had little or no vascular differentiation at the time of their isolation, abundant callus appeared in which the first primordia initiated were of roots. The old detached leaves had short petioles, which contained mature vascular tissue, and produced very little callus in culture.


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