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RESUMEN El género neotropical Furcraea Vent. es ampliamente cultivado para la production de fibras conocidas como Fique o Cabuya. Se realizó un análisis histológico de las hojas de tres especies cultivadas en Colombia, con la finalidad de realizar la description comparativa entre ellas. Diferentes secciones de hojas listas para su cosecha fueron procesadas utilizando técnicas histológicas convencionales. Las tres especies presentaron características anatómicas comparativamente muy homogéneas dentro de las que resaltan: epidermis monoestratificada, cutícula gruesa, estomas encriptados, mesófilo no diferenciado, presencia de cristales de oxalato de calcio, fibras esclerenquimáticas de tipo septado asociadas a los haces vasculares o formando cordones y braquiesclereidas asociadas al margen foliar. Estas últimas varían ligeramente entre las especies estudiadas en el lumen, la forma de las punteaduras y el grado de lignificación, lo cual parece estar correlacionado con la dureza del margen foliar. Aparte de las braquiesclereidas, no se advierten suficientes caracteres histológicos que permitan la diferenciación clara entre los cultivares estudiados. Se discute también la anatomía de estas plantas en función de su metabolismo fotosintético.
Introduction: Testicular histology constitutes one of the least explored aspects in frogs of the genus Atelopus. This taxonomic group shows an alarming population decline; therefore, its reproductive biology is one of the greatest topics of interest for its conservation. Objective: To describe the testicular morphology and the spermatogenetic lineage cells in adult males of Atelopus laetissimus, Atelopus nahumae, and Atelopus carrikeri in the Sierra Nevada de Santa Marta, Colombia. Methods: During June – July 2017 and 2018, sampling was conducted in the localities of San Lorenzo and Páramo Cebolletas, Sierra Nevada de Santa Marta (SNSM), to collect 15 adult males, 5 per species. Testes samples were fixed in Bouin to be processed by the standard paraffin-embedding technique. Histological sections (3 mμ) were stained with Hematoxylin-eosin and Mallory-Heidenhain-Azan-Gomori's. For the description and photographic register of the germ cells, the photonic microscopy technique was used with the differential interference contrast system. Results: The testes are oval organs, compact, light yellow color, and with little vascularization. Externally, they are surrounded by a thin albuginea tunic constituted by regular dense connective tissue. Inside this layer, they are composed of numerous seminiferous tubules of hexagonal contour, in which germ cell cysts are distinguished at different stages of spermatogenesis (spermatogonia I and II, spermatocyte I and II, and early and late spermatids) and spermiogenesis (spermatozoa in fascicles and free spermatozoa). Separating the seminiferous structures is the interstitial tissue in which Leydig cells and blood vessels stand out. Additionally, in the cranial part of the testis, the Bidder's organ was found, formed by two distinguishable regions, the cortex and the medulla. In the cortex, there are previtellogénic oocytes of different sizes surrounded by a monolayer of flat follicular cells. For its part, the medullary region is the connective tissue that nourishes the oocytes and is constituted by blood capillaries. Conclusions: The gonads of the three species analyzed present a cystic cellular organization similar to other anurans, where all stages of spermatogenesis and spermiogenesis were identified, possibly indicating a continuous reproductive activity. Likewise, the Bidder’s organ is reported for the first time in the three Atelopus species, which allows suggesting a possible sexual reversion in case of a population decrease of females as a reproductive strategy.
Ontogeny of the sporangium, spore formation and cytochemistry in Colombian Lycopodials (Lycopodiaceae). Studies on reproductive aspects of Lycopodiaceae are not very abundant in the scientific literature, and constitute essential information to support taxonomic and systematic relationships among the group. Here we present a detailed study of the ontogeny of sporangia and sporogenesis, and the chemical determination of several compounds generated during spore formation. The analyses were performed in 14 taxa of six genera of the family, Diphasiastrum, Diphasium, Huperzia (a genus which is treated here including Phlegmariurus), Lycopodiella, Lycopodium and Palhinhaea. Specimens were collected in three departments from the Colombian Andes between 1 454-3 677m altitude. Ontogeny was studied in small, 1cm long pieces of strobili and axis, which were fixed in glutaraldehyde or FAA, dehydrated in alcohol, embedded in LR White, sectioned in 0.2-0.5μm and stained with toluidine blue (TBO), a metachromatic dye that allows to detect both sporopollenin and lignin or its precursors, during these processes. For other studies, paraplast plus-embedded sections (3-5μm) were stained with safranin-fast green and alcian blue-hematoxylin. Chemical tests were also conducted in sections of fresh sporangia at different stages of maturity using alcian blue (mucopolysaccharides), Lugol solution (starch), Sudan III (lipids), phloroglucinol (lignin) and orcein (chromosomes). Sections were observed with photonic microscope equipped with differential interference contrast (DIC) and fluorescence microscopy (for spore and sporangium walls unstained). Strobili and sporangia were dehydrated with 2.2 dimethoxypropane, critical point dried and coated with gold for scanning electron microscopy (SEM). Our results indicated that the ontogeny of sporangia and sporogenesis were very similar to the previously observed in Huperzia brevifolia. Cutinisation occurs in early stages of development of sporangium cell walls, but in their final stages walls become lignified. As for the sporoderm development, the exospore is the first layer formed, composed by sporopollenin. The endospore deposits as a thin inner layer composed of cellulose, pectin and carboxylated polysaccharides. The perispore, if present, deposits at last. Mucopolysaccharides were found on the sporocyte coat and its abundance in sporangial cavity persists up to the immature tetrads stage, and then disappears. The lipids were abundant in the sporocytes, tetrads and spores, representing the main source of energy of the latter. In contrast, starch is not detected in the spores, but is abundant in premeiotic sporocytes and immature tetrads, developmental stages of high cellular metabolic activity. Intrinsic fluorescence corroborates the presence of lignin and cutin in the sporangium wall, while the sporopollenin is restricted to the exospore. The transfusion cells and the perispore are not always present. However, the processes of ontogeny and sporogenesis are extremely similar througho...
Introducción: Los aspectos histopatológicos e histoquímicos relacionados con el ataque de royas en plantas, así como su relación con los diferentes estados espóricos, son escasos en la literatura científica. Objetivos: describir y analizar los aspectos histopatológicos e histoquímicos en Cymbopogon citratus y su relación con los diferentes estados espóricos de la roya Puccinia nakanishikii. Métodos: durante abril y agosto 2013 se recolectaron hojas sanas e infectadas con Puccinia nakanishikii en la escarpa noroccidental de la meseta de Bucaramanga-Colombia. Las muestras con lesiones en diferentes etapas del desarrollo se fijaron y procesaron de acuerdo a protocolos estándar para la inclusión y corte en parafina y resina. Las secciones obtenidas en parafina (5-7 µm) fueron teñidas con Safranina-azul de Alcian y azul de Alcian-Hematoxilina. En tanto que las secciones obtenidas en resina (0.5 µm) se tiñeron con azul de Toluidina. También se elaboraron secciones a mano alzada para análisis de autofluorescencia. Las observaciones y registro fotográfico se efectuaron con microscopio fotónico y microscopía de epifluorescencia. Para observaciones con microscopía electrónica de barrido (MEB), las muestras se fijaron en Glutaraldehído, se deshidrataron con 2,2 dimetoxipropano, se desecaron a punto crítico y se metalizaron con oro. Resultados: las hojas son por lo general hipostomáticas, con células epidérmicas largas y cortas formando filas paralelas y con la presencia de tricomas unicelulares espinosos y microtricomas. La superficie abaxial está cubierta por una densa capa de ceras epicuticulares y la adaxial está formada por agrupaciones de células buliformes y células epidérmicas de contorno rectangular o cuadrado. En el mesófilo no hay diferenciación entre parénquima de empalizada y esponjoso y su anatomía refleja el metabolismo C4 presente en esta gramínea. Se observó la formación de urediosoros y teliosoros hipófilos. Las urediosporas son la fase de reinfección y estas tienen de 4-5 poros germinativos ecuatoriales y su pared es equinulada. Las teliosporas son de pared lisa y de pedicelo persistente. Las urediosporas forman tubos de geminación por lo general sobre la superficie abaxial de la hoja y se desarrollan en dirección de los estomas, por donde penetran al interior del mesófilo. No se observó la presencia de apresorios. La epidermis se desprende y levanta por del desarrollo de las urediosporas y las paráfisis capitadas, a medida que el urediosoro crece. Con el avance de la infección, los tejidos fotosintéticos se desorganizan, pierden la autofluorescencia de la clorofila y las células sufren necrosis. Posteriormente, los tejidos vasculares se fragmentan y colapsan. Para este momento, la infección se ha extendido sobre toda la lámina foliar llevando a la muerte de la hoja y defoliación de la planta. Durante etapas avanzadas de la infección en los urediosoros se observaron picnidios, probablemente del hiperparásito Sphaerellopsis, asociados estrechamente a los tejidos infectados por la roya. Conclusiones: Puccinia nakanishikii se desarrolla sobre las hojas de Cymbopogon citratus produciendo urediosoros y teliosoros. Las urediosporas son la fase de reinfección, y las teliosporas solo se observaron en etapas avanzadas de la infección. La epidermis y los tejidos fotosintéticos son severamente afectados por la necrosis celular. En etapas avanzadas de la infección los tejidos vasculares se ven afectados.
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