ACTA AGRICULTURAE BOREALI-SINICA ›› 2007, Vol. 22 ›› Issue (1): 50-55. doi: 10.3321/j.issn:1000-7091.2007.01.012

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Cytomorphological Studies of Programmed Cell Death in Malus sieversii Induced by Drought Stress

TAN Dong-mei1,2, XU Xue-feng1, LI Tian-zhong1, WANG Yi1, HAN Zhen-hai1   

  1. 1. Institute of Horticultural Plants, China Agricultural University, Beijing 100094, China;
    2. Department of Agriculture and Engineering, Weifang University, Weifang 261061, China
  • Received:2006-09-06 Published:2007-02-28

Abstract: Seedlings of Malus sieversii treated with polyethylene glycol (PEG6000) were used to study the characteristics of Malus species under drought stress. Programmed cell death occured in sieversii under drought stress, which can be observed through cellular ultrastructure of leaves and roots and had the following features: under drought stress, the changes of organelle morphosis in roots were ealier than those in leaves. In leaves the changes of organelle morphosis in spongy mesophylls were earlier than those in palisade parenchymas. In roots the changes of organelle morphosis in cortical cells were earlier than those in pericycle cells. Results showed that an alternative method to indentify programmed cell death in Malus plants was to observe the cellular ultrastructure.

Key words: Drought stress, Malus sieversii, Programmed cell death, Cytomorphological, Induce

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TAN Dong-mei, XU Xue-feng, LI Tian-zhong, WANG Yi, HAN Zhen-hai. Cytomorphological Studies of Programmed Cell Death in Malus sieversii Induced by Drought Stress[J]. ACTA AGRICULTURAE BOREALI-SINICA, 2007, 22(1): 50-55. doi: 10.3321/j.issn:1000-7091.2007.01.012.

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