The influence of nitric oxide and mercury chloride on leaf mesophyll structure under natural drought conditions

  • Iryna V. Zhuk Educational and Scientific Centre «Institute of Biology» Taras Shevchenko Kyiv National University, Volodymyrska Str, 64/13, Kyiv, 01601, Ukraine
  • Mykola M. Musiyenko Educational and Scientific Centre «Institute of Biology» Taras Shevchenko Kyiv National University, Volodymyrska Str, 64/13, Kyiv, 01601, Ukraine
DOI: https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.162786

Abstract

It is established that under natural drought conditions starch was accumulated in the central part of chloroplasts of mesophyll cells and chloroplasts were localized on the periphery of cells at plasmalemma. After treatment wheat plants by nitric oxide donor the decreasing of starch deposits number and close contacts between chloroplasts were indicated, elongated nucleus was localized in the centre of cells. After treatment wheat plant by mercury chloride chloroplasts in the cells lost their oval shape and contacts, increased eventually deposition of starch, indicating the acceleration of aging tissues. Thus, nitric oxide in drought conditions reduced the destructive effect of drought on mesophyll cells, and mercury chloride caused deformation of the membrane cell.

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Fig. 1. Chloroplast structure of mesophyll cells of spring wheat variety «Nedra» under nature drought conditions (scale: 1 cm = 500 μm).
Published
2012-04-01
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ZHUK, Iryna V.; MUSIYENKO, Mykola M.. The influence of nitric oxide and mercury chloride on leaf mesophyll structure under natural drought conditions. Modern Phytomorphology, [S.l.], v. 1, p. 185-188, apr. 2012. ISSN 2227-9555. Available at: <http://ojs.phytomorphology.org/index.php/MP/article/view/470>. Date accessed: 11 apr. 2018. doi: https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.162786.
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