Structure of the Covering Layers of the Wild Oat (Avena fatua) Caryopsis

Author:

Morrison Ian N.,Dushnicky Leonard

Abstract

The anatomy of the husk (lemma and palea) and caryopsis coat (pericarp, seed coat or testa, and nucellar epidermis) of a typical mature wild oat (Avena fatua L.) caryopsis was investigated using both scanning electron microscopy and light microscopy. Both the lemma and palea consist of very thick-walled, lignified cells. In section, the lemma appears almost twice as thick as the palea. The pericarp is comprised of only one or two layers of relatively thin-walled cells and is closely appressed to the underlying seed coat over most of the grain. Both the outer seed-coat cuticle and the inner cuticle are present over almost the entire caryopsis and are continuous with the pigment strand that occurs deep in the crease region of the grain. The only discontinuities in the seed coat are at the basal end of the grain near the embryo. In the dorsal region of the caryopsis, the outer cuticle is approximately 3.5 μm in thickness, whereas the inner cuticle is less than 1 μm in thickness. Where the two pass over the embryo they are much thinner, with the inner cuticle becoming almost indistinguishable in places. The remains of the nucellar epidermis are tightly amalgamated to the seed coat and outer tangential walls of the underlying aleurone cells, which are clearly distinguishable by their large size and characteristic appearance.

Publisher

Cambridge University Press (CUP)

Subject

Plant Science,Agronomy and Crop Science

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