Anther Ontogeny and Microsporogenesis in Helianthus annuus L. (Compositae)

In this study, anther ontogeny and microsporogenesis were analysed in Helianthus annuus L. The undifferentiated anther is ovoid-shaped and the differentiation starts with the appearance of archesporial cells. Mature anthers are tetrasporangiate. The anther wall is composed of epidermis, endothecium, middle layer and plasmodial tapetum. Endothecial cells show no fibrous thickening. Tapetum is amoeboid type with binucleate cells. Epidermal layer remains intact until anther dehiscence; however, middle layer, endothecium and tapetum disappear during development. At the end of regular meiotic division tetrahedral microspore tetrads are formed. Pollen grains are triporate, suboblate and angulaperturate.

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Anther ontogeny of a genic male-sterile mutant (ms 10/ms 10) and a related fertile cultivar of Zea was studied from the primordial stage through to tassel maturity. From material glutaraldehyde–formalin fixed, OsO4 postfixed, and plastic embedded, light microscopy of 0.7-μm sections revealed no developmental differences between the two until the young microspore stage. Vacuolation or cytoplasmic disintegration of tapetal cells was detected in male-sterile anthers at this stage. Disintegration of microspores was not detected until the intermediate microspore stage. By the young pollen stage, tapetal cells were highly disorganized and degeneration of the middle layer and endothecium was apparent. No endothecial wall thickenings developed in male-sterile anthers.In normal anther development in Zea, endothecial thickenings are found only at the anterior and posterior ends of the anther. A highly ridged anther cuticle, which is essentially absent in male-sterile anthers, is a common feature of fertile flowers. Anther dehiscence involves a separation of the epidermis from the underlying parenchyma of the connective to form a large pollen cavity from the two microsporangial locules. This process does not involve endothecial fibrous wall thickenings as they are not present over the bulk of the anther. Formation of the anterior pore is a separate process which involves changes in the endothecium wall thickenings.During normal anther development starch accumulates in the endothecium and epidermis at the precallose stage and disappears during the young microspore stage. No differences were noted in the male-sterile anthers. During the formation of normal pollen, considerable starch accumulation is evident. However, none is deposited at this late stage in the male-sterile anther.