biologia plantarum

International journal on Plant Life established by Bohumil Němec in 1959

Biologia plantarum 33:262-267, 1991 | DOI: 10.1007/BF02885372

Structure and water absorption of different parts of the rose achene pericarp during imbibition

S. Gudin1, Laurence Arene1, A. Chavagnat2, Camille Bullard3
1 Sélection Meilland, Antibes, France
2 I.N.R.A. Angers, Centre de Recherches Agronomiques d'Angers, Beaucouzé, Angers, France
3 Laboratoire de Physiologie Vegétale, Université de Nice, Nice, France

Rose achene imbibition is difficult. Comparison of sulphuric acid treated, Cross and Beavan¶ reagent (C. B. reagent) treated seeds with untreated seeds showed that, during imbibition, water is essentially found in the most external pericarp layer. Inner layers appear less permeable. It is possible to distinguish three layers in the pericarp by taking into account results from imbibition assays, X-ray radiographies and scanning electron microscopic observations. They can be interpreted as representing the epi-, meso- and endocarp.

Received: March 3, 1990; Accepted: October 10, 1990; Published: July 1, 1991  Show citation

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Gudin, S., Arene, L., Chavagnat, A., & Bullard, C. (1991). Structure and water absorption of different parts of the rose achene pericarp during imbibition. Biologia plantarum, 33(4), 262-267. doi: 10.1007/BF02885372
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