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Effect of cement dust on petal morphology of Brassica campestris L
Author(s) -
Misra J.,
Pandey V.,
Ahmad K. J.
Publication year - 1994
Publication title -
feddes repertorium
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.24
H-Index - 25
eISSN - 1522-239X
pISSN - 0014-8962
DOI - 10.1002/fedr.19941050518
Subject(s) - petal , brassica , morphology (biology) , botany , cement , biology , horticulture , materials science , composite material , zoology
Effect of cement dust on petal morphology of Brassica campestris L. was studied under light and scanning electron microscopes. In control (undusted) plants, papillae were striate and coronulate with clear boundaries unlike dusted plants where they were shrunken and collapsed. Number of papillae was also reduced. Cement dust absorbed moisture from petal surface causing water loss and subsequent loosening of the arrangement of papillae. Damage to flower petals will affect the quality of flowers thus causing serious losses in floriculture.