Development and some histochemical aspects of foliar glandular trichomes of Stevia rebaudiana (Bert.) Bert. - Asteraceae

The ten-celled biseriate glandular trichome of Stevia rebaudiana (Bert.) Bert.-Asteraceae, found on both leaf surfaces, originates from a single protruding, protodermal cell undergoing an anticlinal division. A subsequent series of periclinal divisions, occurring in acropetal sequence, leads to the formation of the trichome, composed of five pairs of cells, one pair of basal cells, another of stalk cells and three pairs of secretory head cells. Developing, still two-celled glandular trichomes already occur on leaf primordia of the second pair (these primordia measuring, in some cases, ca. 0.30 mm in length), and most of the glandular trichomes are at the mature phase on very young, expanding leaves, for example on those of the sixth pair. The secretory material released by the head cells is stored in the trichome cavity (subcuticular space). Basic histochemical tests reveal that such material is lipophilic (mainly) and hydrophilic in nature.

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Main Authors:	MONTEIRO,WALKYRIA ROSSI, CASTRO,MARÍLIA DE MORAES, MAZZONI-VIVEIROS,SOLANGE CRISTINA, MAHLBERG,PAUL GORDON
Format:	Digital revista
Language:	English
Published:	Sociedade Botânica de São Paulo 2001
Online Access:	http://old.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0100-84042001000300013
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