biologia plantarum

International journal on Plant Life established by Bohumil Němec in 1959

Biologia plantarum 42:259-266, 1999 | DOI: 10.1023/A:1002116803679

Structural Changes and Aluminium Distribution in Maize Root Tissues

S. Budíková1
1 Institute of Botany, Slovak Academy of Sciences, Bratislava, Slovakia

Growth and structural responses of primary roots of Zea mays L. to aluminium chloride were studied. The treatment of seedlings with 50 µM AlCl3 resulted in high accumulation of Al, partial inhibition of root growth, occurrence of surface lesions in peripheral tissues, root thickening caused by expansion of inner cortical cells, reduced root cap length, extensive vacuolation, cell distortion, and increased synthesis of callose within 24 h.

Keywords: callose; cell viability; 2-deoxy-D-glucose; histochemistry; lignin
Subjects: aluminium, distribution in root; callose, AlCl3 stress; cell viability, root, AlCl3 stress; 2-deoxy-D-glucose, AlCl3 stress; lignin, AlCl3 stress; maize, Al in root, structure; root, structure, Al distribution; Zea mays

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Budíková, S. (1999). Structural Changes and Aluminium Distribution in Maize Root Tissues. Biologia plantarum, 42(2), 259-266. doi: 10.1023/A:1002116803679
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