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Plant Physiology 65:864-870 (1980)
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Movement of 14C-labeled Assimilates into Kernels of Zea mays L

III. AN ANATOMICAL EXAMINATION AND MICROAUTORADIOGRAPHIC STUDY OF ASSIMILATE TRANSFER 1

Frederick C. Felker2 and Jack C. Shannon

Department of Horticulture, The Pennsylvania State University, University Park, Pennsylvania 16802

Basal tissue of developing maize kernels was examined by light micros-copy and by scanning and transmission electron microscopy. Plasmodesmata occur in pedicel and endosperm parenchyma but were not seen between the placento-chalazal cells and basal endosperm transfer cells. A layer of noncellular material separates the transfer cells from the placentochalazal cells. Microautoradiography of 14C-labeled assimilates entering the kernels revealed that incoming sugars are not confined to the apoplast, but rather are present in the cytoplasm and vacuoles of pedicel and endosperm cells. No specific accumulation of radioactivity was seen in any particular tissue, although at later sampling times, a higher grain density in the pedicel than the endosperm indicated a general buildup of sugars in the pedicel. A possible model for sugar movement into developing kernels is discussed.

2 Present address: Department of Horticulture, Purdue University, West Lafayette, Indiana 47907.

1 Research was partially supported by United States Department of Agriculture Regional Research Funds. This paper represents a part of the M.S. thesis of the senior author. Journal paper No. 5760 of the Pennsylvania Agricultural Experiment Station.




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