Academic literature on the topic 'Tapetum ontogeny'

Tapetum, orbicule, and pollen grain ontogeny inColletia paradoxaandDiscaria americanawere studied with transmission electron microscopy (TEM). The ultrastructural changes observed during the different stages of development in the tapetal cells and related to orbicule and pollen grain formation are described. The proorbicules have the appearance of lipid globule, and their formation is related to the endoplasmic reticulum of rough type (ERr). This is the first report on the presence of orbicules in the family Rhamnaceae. Pollen grains are shed at the bicellular stage.

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.

A light microscope study of the initiation of the frond and sporangial development in Schizaea pectinata revealed that sporangia arose from single-celled initials in marginal positions on narrow, strap-shaped pinnae. The sporangia were displaced to a superficial position by marginal development of a false indusial (pseudoindusial) structure. Divisions of a single, central initial with four cutting faces produced the archesporial tissue and a two-layered tapetum that differentiated into a combination tapetum consisting of an outer, cellular parietal tapetum and an inner, plasmodial tapetum that was intimately associated with the archesporial tissue and later with the developing spores. Mature sporangia had an apical annulus consisting mainly of a single tier of cells that differentiated from the layer of cells forming the sporangium wall. Thirty-two spore mother cells were produced and if no abortion occurred, approximately 128 spores developed within each sporangium. Key words: Schizaea pectinata, sporangial ontogeny, parietal tapetum, plasmodial tapetum, combination tapetum.

Microsporogenesis and microgametogenesis of two species, Cardiospermum grandiflorum Sw. and Urvillea chacoensis Hunz. (Sapindaceae, Paullinieae), were studied using light and transmission electron microscopy. Both species are monoecious, with staminate and hermaphrodite, although functionally pistillate, flowers. A comparative pollen-development study of these two floral morphs is reported. For the present study, five stages of pollen ontogeny were identified. The development of the anther wall is of basic type. Its wall consists of epidermis, endothecium, two middle layers and a uninucleate secretory tapetum. The microspore tetrads are tetrahedral. The mature anther in staminate flowers presents the endothecium with well developed fibrillar thickenings, remains of tapetal cells, a single locule formed in the theca by dissolution of the septum before anther dehiscence and two-celled pollen grains when shed. In functionally pistillate flowers, the mature anthers present remnants of the middle layers, tapetal cells without signs of degradation, the theca with two locules and pollen grains uni- or bicellular, some of them with the cytoplasm collapsed. These anthers are not dehiscent. It can be concluded that male sterility is characterised by failure to produce functional pollen grains, an event that would be associated with the persistence of tapetal cells. Ultrastructural analysis clearly shows the difference in tapetal cells between the two flower morphs.

Anthers contain starch and neutral lipids, which have key roles in microspore ontogeny and gametophyte development. In this study, we observed the dynamic changes in starch and neutral lipids in the anther developmental processes of castor (Ricinus communis) by cytochemical methods. Starch grains and neutral lipids presented a regular dynamic distribution during anther development. In young anthers, some neutral lipids accumulated in sporogenous cells, whereas neutral lipids disappeared with microspore growth. At the late microspore stage, starch grains began to accumulate in microspores, and the starch content of bicellular pollen significantly increased after microspore mitosis. At anthesis, starch grains and neutral lipids accumulated in the mature pollen grains. Visible changes occurred in anther wall cells. The epidermis, middle layer, and tapetum were degenerated, and only a single layer of endothecium remained at anthesis. The dynamic variation of starch grains and neutral lipids in tapetal cells was consistent with the changes in microspores and pollen during anther development. All these findings demonstrated that tapetal cells directly interacted with the developing gametophytes. The tapetal cells play an important role in supplying nutritional substances for microspore absorption. Moreover, the endothecium protects the pollen and contributes to anther dehiscence. The results of this study provide a foundation for the further research on sexual reproduction in angiosperms.

A ontogenia do tapete e dos demais estratos parietais, bem como o desenvolvimento do estômio e deiscência da antera de Tabebuia pulcherrima, foram presentemente estudados. O padrão de formação da parede do androsporângio é do tipo Dicotiledôneo. A camada parietal primária, a camada esporogênica e o tapete interno derivam-se diretamente do meristema fundamental. O tecido esporogênico, em cada androsporângio, visto em secção transversal, organiza-se numa fileira celular em forma de ferradura. O tapete é do tipo secretor e possui origem dual. O tapete interno diferencia-se precocemente em relação ao tapete externo. As duas camadas tapetais são discretamente dimórficas, mas tal dimorfismo é perdido no fim do estádio meiótico do esporângio. O dimorfismo tapetai e a precoce diferenciação do tapete interno são interpretados como expressão de um lapso ontogenético entre as duas camadas. Nas regiões dorso-laterais das tecas desenvolve-se um endotécio multiestratificado com espessamentos anelados ou helicoidais nas paredes celulares. A deiscência é precedida pela degeneração dos tecidos placentóides e ruptura dos septos interesporangiais. Apenas as células epidérmicas dos dois lados do sítio de ruptura do estômio (células estomiais) estão envolvidas com a ruptura do mesmo.

Development of Cornus florida L. pollen was monitored using standard paraffin histological techniques and light microscopy. Terminal buds (putative floral buds) were collected over a 6 weeks from mature landscape trees located on The Univ. of Tennessee Agricultural Campus, Knoxville. Examination of samples taken at 3- to 7-day intervals revealed variations in development representing 1- to 2-week differences between florets in a single inflorescence, florets on the same tree, and florets from different trees. Floral initiation occurred before 19 July in the 2 years of this study. Pollen development followed typical angiosperm stages: tapetal cells were multinucleate, pollen tetrads were tetrahedral, and meiosis occurred late in the developmental period. Pollen grains appeared morphologically mature by early September in both years.

Orientador: Nelson Sabino Bittencourt Júnior
Resumo: Compreender a diversidade das Nymphaeales, considerado como o segundo ramo da filogenia das angiospermas, é de considerável interesse como modelo da evolução inicial das angiospermas. Este trabalho objetivou investigar a ontogenia da antera, dos óvulos e sementes em espécies de Nymphaea. Ovários e sementes de N. amazonum Mart. & Zucc. subsp. amazonum, N. caerulea Savigny e N. lotus L. e, anteras de N. amazonum Mart. & Zucc. subsp. amazonum e N. caerulea Savigny, em diversos estádios de desenvolvimento, foram fixados, infiltrados em historesina e as secções obtidas com 1-4 µm foram coradas com azul-de-toluidina O ou submetidas a testes histoquímicos. O desenvolvimento da parede do androsporângio é do tipo básico. Após a meiose, a citocinese simultânea dá origem a tétrades tetraédricas de andrósporos nas quais já são detectáveis a intina e a primexina, há um atraso na liberação dos andrósporos das tétrades em N. caerulea. A partir do estádio de andrósporos livres observa-se uma abertura anelar equatorial e, no estádio de andrósporos vacuolados observa-se o ‘pollenkitt’ na superfície da esporoderme. A mitose do andrósporo ocorre perpendicularmente à esporoderme e, a intina se espessa, principalmente abaixo da abertura, onde há a contribuição da endexina para a formação do oncus. O tapete de N. amazonum e N. caerulea é secretor e não apresenta ciclos invasivo como relatado para N. colorata. O tipo básico de desenvolvimento do androsporângio também foi relatado para Amborella tric... (Resumo completo, clicar acesso eletrônico abaixo)
Abstract: Understanding the diversification of Nymphaeales, the second branch in the angiosperm phylogenetic tree, has a considerable interest to propose models of early evolution of the angiosperms. This work aims to analyze the anther and ovule ontogeny in species of Nymphaea. Ovaries and seeds of N. amazonum Mart. & Zucc. subsp. amazonum, N. caerulea Savigny and N. lotus L. and, anthers of N. amazonum Mart. & Zucc. subsp. amazonum and N. caerulea Savigny, in several development stages, were fixed infiltrated in historesin and the sections with 1-4 µm were stained with toluidine blue O or submitted to histochemical tests. The androsporangium wall follows the basic type of development. After meiosis, a simultaneous cytokinesis give rise a tetrahedral tetrad of androspores, the intine and primexine is detectable in this stage and, in N. caerulea occurs a delay in the release of androspores from the tetrads. We observe an equatorial ring-like aperture in the free androspores stage and, in vacuolated androspores the ‘pollenkitt’ is visualized in the sporoderm surface. The mitosis of the androspore occurs perpendicularly to sporoderm and, the intine begins to thicken beneath the aperture and, together with the endexine originate the oncus. The tapetum of Nymphaea amazonum and N. caerulea are secretor and do not show invasive cycles as reported to N. colorata. The basic type of androsporangium wall development also are reported to Amborella trichopoda, Nuphar pumila and for the species of ... (Complete abstract click electronic access below)
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