Abstract:In vascular plants, the apical meristem of the shoot normally represents a continuation of growth in the apical meristem of the embryo itself. This is not the case in Arceuthobium. Here the shoot apex of the embryo is rudimentary and eventually dies after infection of the host occurs. The inflorescence of Arceuthobium is, therefore, an adventitious structure originating in the endophytic system rather than from the shoot apex of the seedling. Inflorescence buds arise in either of 2 ways. In some species (A. do… Show more
“…However, Cohen (1954Cohen ( , 1965 and Kuijt (1960) reported inclusions resembling starch grains in the sheath of A. campylopodum Engelm. and A. americanum Nutt.…”
“…However, Cohen (1954Cohen ( , 1965 and Kuijt (1960) reported inclusions resembling starch grains in the sheath of A. campylopodum Engelm. and A. americanum Nutt.…”
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