ISSN:
1615-6102
Keywords:
Olive necrotic mutants
;
Plastid aberrations
;
Zea mays
Source:
Springer Online Journal Archives 1860-2000
Topics:
Biology
Notes:
Summary Ultrastructural surveys, carried out into an olive necrotic maize mutant (Neuffer E 283 B) grown under a 16 hours photoperiod, have shown remarkable morphological alterations in the plastids. Such alterations, affecting both the mesophyll and the bundle sheath plastids, appear to be photodependent. Quite normal etioplasts are present in dark-grown mutant seedlings. Moreover, light appears also to inhibit the overall growth of mutant plants. 12-day-old mutant plants grown under illumination are 4 cm in comparison with the 10 cm of the wild type, while corresponding dark-grown seedlings of both types are 12 cm high.
Type of Medium:
Electronic Resource
URL:
http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/BF01279222
