Electron microscopy of gas space (aerenchyma) formation in adventitious roots of Zea mays L. subjected to oxygen shortage

Planta ◽  
1983 ◽  
Vol 157 (4) ◽  
pp. 350-357 ◽  
Author(s):  
R. Campbell ◽  
M. C. Drew
Keyword(s):  
Electron Microscopy ◽  
Zea Mays ◽  
Adventitious Roots ◽  
Zea Mays L ◽  
Aerenchyma Formation ◽  
Gas Space ◽  
Oxygen Shortage

Electron-probe microanalysis of silicon in the adventitious roots and terminal internode of the culm of Zea mays

1982 ◽  
Vol 60 (10) ◽  
pp. 2024-2031 ◽  
Author(s):  
Daphne M. Bennett ◽  
A. G. Sangster
Keyword(s):  
Zea Mays ◽  
Electron Probe Microanalysis ◽  
Cell Walls ◽  
Electron Probe ◽  
Adventitious Roots ◽  
Zea Mays L ◽  
Outer Region ◽  
Background Level ◽  
Ground Tissue ◽  
Epidermal Cell Wall

The adventitious roots and terminal internode of the culm of mature, field-grown specimens of five cultivars of Zea mays L. were investigated with relation to silicon, using electron-probe microanalysis. No silicon was detected above the background level within the endodermis or any other tissues within the adventitious roots. In contrast, however, in the terminal internode silicon was present in the outermost layers of cells, the highest levels being detected in the outer epidermal wall. It was also present in the internal epidermal cell wall, as well as in the walls of underlying tissues of the outer region of the culm, in the sclerenchyma, and at a low level in the parenchyma forming the ground tissue. Thus, the culms displayed a decreasing gradient of silicon content, probably in the form of amorphous silica gel, in cell walls, proceeding from the outermost layer, the epidermis, to the centrally located ground parenchyma, a result generally consistent for all five cultivars. The results are discussed in relation to the anatomy of these tissues and their silicification.

Characterisation of programmed cell death during aerenchyma formation induced by ethylene or hypoxia in roots of maize( Zea mays L.)

Planta ◽  
2001 ◽  
Vol 212 (2) ◽  
pp. 205-214 ◽  
Author(s):  
Arunika H. L. A. N. Gunawardena ◽  
Deborah M. Pearce ◽  
Michael B. Jackson ◽  
Chris R. Hawes ◽  
David E. Evans
Keyword(s):  
Cell Death ◽  
Zea Mays ◽  
Programmed Cell Death ◽  
Zea Mays L ◽  
Aerenchyma Formation

Mycoplasma-Like Bodies in Stunted Sorghum

1974 ◽  
Vol 32 ◽  
pp. 170-171
Author(s):  
O. E. Bradfute ◽  
Diane C. Robertson
Keyword(s):  
Electron Microscopy ◽  
Zea Mays ◽  
Sorghum Bicolor ◽  
Zea Mays L ◽  
Rio Grande ◽  
Plant Diseases ◽  
Corn Stunt ◽  
Sorghum Bicolor L

Mycoplasma-like bodies (MB), as detected by electron microscopy, have been associated with many plant diseases, previously thought to be caused by viruses. The pathogen causing the Rio Grande strain of corn stunt (CS) is persistently transmitted to corn (Zea mays L.) and teosinte (Euchlaena mexicana Schrad.) by leafhopper species and has been associated with a spiral shaped MB termed spiroplasma. The presence of MB in stunted sorghum (Sorghum bicolor (L.) Moench) has not previously been reported.

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