scholarly journals Treated Tropical Wood Sawdust-Polypropylene Polymer Composite: Mechanical and Morphological Study

2011 ◽  
Vol 02 (04) ◽  
pp. 435-444 ◽  
Author(s):  
M. A. M. Mohd Idrus ◽  
S. Hamdan ◽  
Md. Rezaur Rahman ◽  
Md. S. Islam
Keyword(s):  
Polymer Composite ◽  
Morphological Study ◽  
Tropical Wood ◽  
Wood Sawdust

Techniques for preparing the Lolium perenne coleorhiza for scanning electron microscope evaluation

1992 ◽  
Vol 50 (1) ◽  
pp. 766-767
Author(s):  
Susan B.G. Debaene ◽  
John S. Gardner ◽  
Phil S. Allen
Keyword(s):  
Electron Microscope ◽  
Scanning Electron Microscope ◽  
Lolium Perenne ◽  
Morphological Study ◽  
Root Hairs ◽  
Inner Pressure ◽  
Water Potentials ◽  
Radicle Emergence ◽  
Standard Fixation ◽  
Scanning Electron

The coleorhiza is a nonvascular sheath that encloses the embryonic radicle in Poaceae, and is generally the first tissue to emerge during germination. Delicate hairlike extensions develop from some coleorhiza cells prior to radicle emergence. Similar to root hairs, coleorhiza hairs are extremely sensitive to desiccation and are damaged by exposure to negative water potentials. The coleorhiza of Lolium perenne is somewhat spherical when first visible, after which a knob forms at a right angle to the caryopsis due to inner pressure from the elongating radicle. This knob increases in length until the radicle finally punctures the coleorhiza. Standard fixation procedures cause severe desiccation of coleorhiza cells and hairs, making morphological study of the coleorhiza difficult. This study was conducted to determine a more successful process for coleorhiza preservation.

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