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A MORPHOLOGICAL AND HISTOLOGICAL STUDY OF THE TOMATO MUTANT ‘CURL’
Author(s) -
Smith Ann Trommershausen,
Stebbins G. Ledyard
Publication year - 1971
Publication title -
american journal of botany
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.218
H-Index - 151
eISSN - 1537-2197
pISSN - 0002-9122
DOI - 10.1002/j.1537-2197.1971.tb09999.x
Subject(s) - biology , petal , sepal , endodermis , petiole (insect anatomy) , botany , pith , mutant , leaf curl , anatomy , spongy tissue , meristem , receptacle , palisade cell , stamen , gene , pollen , hymenoptera , biochemistry , plant virus , virus , virology , shoot
The dominant tomato mutant ‘Curl’ differs from normal plants in several striking respects including the following: misshapen laminar structures such as leaves, sepals, and petals; stunted petiole and rachis; and persistent growth of blade and stem tissue from the adaxial surface of the rachis. These tissues as well as others which appear morphologically normal show gross histological abnormalities. Also evident in sections of mutant tissue is the appearance of areas containing numerous crystalline inclusions and a lack of bodies showing a stainable starch reaction in palisade and mesophyll of leaves and in endodermis and pith cells of the stem.