Author : Stanley Michael Wiatr
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Total Pages : 0 pages
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Book Synopsis Pre-fertilization Ovule Ontogeny and Nutrition in the Garden Pea by : Stanley Michael Wiatr
Download or read book Pre-fertilization Ovule Ontogeny and Nutrition in the Garden Pea written by Stanley Michael Wiatr and published by . This book was released on 1974 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A -Study of pre-fertilization ovule ontogeny in Pisum sativum was made using improved microtechnical methods. Reexamination of megasporogenesis and megagametogenesis confirms earlier observations; the megasporocyte divides meiotically to produce a chalazal functional megaspore and three degenerative megaspores. Non-functional megaspore degradation is staggered; two chalazal megaspores are the first to degenerate while the third degenerative megaspore persists during initial expansion of the functional megaspore. An eight-nucleate, seven-celled embryo sac is produced by the functional megaspore after three sets of mitotic divisions. Ephemeral antipodals in the chalazal end of the embryo sac degenerate well before fertilization. The presence of wall ingrowths in the synergids is documented for Pisum.Nucellar degradation is closely correlated with megagametcphyte expansion and follows a sequential pattern of cytological changes involving cell wall thickening, starch mobilization, wall degradation, alteration of cytoplasm, and obliteration of nucellar cell structural integrity. The possibility of gametophytic regulation of nucellar cell breakdov7n is discussed. P is urn ovules are bitegmic. Both integuments are initiated in epidermal cells, but subsequent differentiation is radically different. A single vascular strand enters the ovule and terminates in the outer integument. Procambium is already organized when a megasporocyte is present. Vascular differentiation is correlated with the onset of megagametogenesis, but maturation of xylem and phloem by the time an embryo sac has organized is minimal. The relationships of integument and vascular ontogeny to embryo sac nutrition are discussed. A scheme of megagametophyte nutrition is proposed whereby the megagametophyte obtains all necessary nutrients from degenerate nucellus, in contrast to classical schemes of direct involvement by the parent sporophyte in embryo sac nutrition.