Description of some characteristics of flowers and seeds of Arabidopsis thaliana - ecotype landsberg erecta and mutant NW4

Leszek Trząski, Jagna Karcz, Alicja Miszta

Abstract


Flowers and seeds of Landsberg erecta (Ler) ecotype and NW4 mutant were studied by light microscopy and scanning electron microscopy to reveal characteristic features of their structure. The NW4 mutant flowers differ from Ler mainly in presence of two bract-like sepals with complicated vasculature and a variable number of secondary flowers. In the two outer whorls of NW4 flower, variable number of transformed stamen-, petal-, sepal- and style-like elements also occur. The NW4 mutant seeds are characterized by the absence of mucilage around the surface and a deviating seed coat morphology.

Keywords


Arabidopsis thaliana; flower morphology; mucilage; mutants; seed structure; vascular system

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.5586/asbp.1996.030

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  • 0001-6977 (print; ceased since 2016)
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