F. Ciampolini et al., DISORGANIZATION OF DICTYOSOMES BY MONENSIN TREATMENT OF IN-VITRO GERMINATED POLLEN OF MALUS-DOMESTICA BORKH, Acta botanica neerlandica, 42(3), 1993, pp. 349-355
Ultrastructural alterations of dictyosomes after treatment with monova
lent ionophore, monensin, were studied in pollen tubes of Malus domest
ica Borkh. The cisternae of dictyosomes in pollen tubes, grown in the
presence of 125 nm monensin for 60 min, appear dilated and the interva
l between two consecutives is enlarged. These changes are stronger tow
ards the pollen tube apex. The number of large vesicles is decreased.
In pollen tubes treated with 125 nM monensin for 120 min cisternae are
swollen. Unlike the small vesicles, the large ones become hardly reco
gnizable and do not react or react weakly to the polysaccharide test.