biologia plantarum

International journal on Plant Life established by Bohumil Němec in 1959

Biologia plantarum 20:458-463, 1978 | DOI: 10.1007/BF02923351

The localization of starch in root tips

K. Beneš1, J. Kutík1
1 Institute of Experimental Botany, Czechoslovak Academy of Sciences, Praha 6, Czechoslovakia

As an extension of earlier studies performed in our laboratory on enzyme localization on tissue level, the distribution of starch was examined in seedling root tips of peaPisum sativum L., broad beanFaba vulgarisMoench., maizeZea mays L., lupinLupinus albus L., and pumpkinCucurbita maximaDuch., and in tips of adventive roots of onionAllium cepa L. by means of the alcian blue /JJK procedure applied to paraffin sections. In pea, some genetic (various cultivars) and eco-physiological (different harvests, various localities, diverse way of germination, uneven seedling age, unequal stage of cell growth) factors were studied concerning the present problem. In all these cases the starch localization pattern remains constant though the amounts of starch vary in particular cell complexes. From the evaluation of the starch localization at the level of the beginning cell growth in particular species and from comparison of the findings in different species it follows that starch localization and histogenesis patterns are different. This supports the view that the two phenomena are caused or controlled by uneven factors.

Received: June 16, 1978; Accepted: September 19, 1978; Published: November 1, 1978  Show citation

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