Open AccessEmbryo sac development in Stellaria media
Author(s) -
Krystyna Kudlicka,
Mieczysław Kuraś,
B. Rodkiewicz
Publication year - 2014
Publication title -
acta societatis botanicorum poloniae
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.297
H-Index - 29
eISSN - 2083-9480
pISSN - 0001-6977
DOI - 10.5586/asbp.1981.020
Subject(s) - stellaria media , embryo , biology , botany , deposition (geology) , embryogenesis , microbiology and biotechnology , paleontology , weed , sediment
Osmiophilic granules were observed during certain stages of intermitotic periods in one, two and four nucleate embryo sacs in Stellaria media. The granules, some inside the short ER cisternae, were mainly distributed along the walls of nucleate embryo sacs. It is assumed that the osmiophilic granules may he involved in the deposition of substances within the wall of the megagametophyte