Endoplasmic Reticulum Formation during Germination of Wheat Seeds 1: A QUANTITATIVE ELECTRON MICROSCOPE STUDY
AUTOR(ES)
Buckhout, Thomas J.
RESUMO
This study demonstrates germination-induced ultrastructural changes in wheat (Triticum aestivum L. cv Arthur) aleurone cells. Seeds imbided for 4 hours in water contained endoplasmic reticulum (ER) or ER-like membranes as vesicles or as short segments of membrane associated with the spherosomes on the periphery of aleurone grains. Aleurone cells incubated between 8 and 10 hours contained abundant ER membranes mainly associated with the nuclear envelope and, to a lesser extent, with the spherosomes surrounding the aleurone grain. The membranes located on the periphery of the nucleus occurred as regions of stacked cisternae. When aleurone cells were analyzed by morphometry, the increase in ER during incubation was found to be greater than 2-fold. During the same incubation period, other organelles did not change significantly. The early increase in ER was not affected by gibberellin incubation. Thus, the rapid proliferation of ER observed during the early stages of germination in aleurone cells of wheat is not likely to be controlled directly by gibberellin.
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