STEMS OF ALLIUM-CEPA L CONTAIN STARCH

Authors
ERNST M BUFLER G
Citation
M. Ernst et G. Bufler, STEMS OF ALLIUM-CEPA L CONTAIN STARCH, New phytologist, 128(3), 1994, pp. 403-406
Citations number
16
Categorie Soggetti
Plant Sciences
Journal title
New phytologist → ACNP
ISSN journal
0028646X
Volume
128
Issue
3
Year of publication
1994
Pages
403 - 406
Database
ISI
SICI code
0028-646X(1994)128:3<403:SOALCS>2.0.ZU;2-0
Abstract
Stems of Allium cepa L. were prepared for histochemical analysis and s tained by periodic acid-Schiff reaction and Lugol's iodine for detecti ng starch grains (amyloplasts). Starch was found in the root cap of th e root initials, around the central cylinder vascular tissues of the s tem and in the primary thickening meristem during sprouting but not du ring dormancy.