Photosynthetica 2007, 45(1):121-132 | DOI: 10.1007/s11099-007-0020-6

Maize F1 hybrid differs from its maternal parent in the development of chloroplasts in bundle sheath, but not in mesophyll cells: Quantitative analysis of chloroplast ultrastructure and dimensions in different parts of leaf blade at the beginning of its senescence

A. Vičánková1, D. Holá2,*, J. Kutík1
1 Faculty of Science, Department of Plant Physiology, Charles University in Prague, Praha 2, Czech Republic
2 Faculty of Science, Department of Genetics and Microbiology, Charles University in Prague, Praha 2, Czech Republic

The quantitative changes of chloroplast ultrastructure and dimensions in mesophyll (MC) and bundle sheath (BSC) cells, associated with the onset of leaf senescence, were followed along the developmental leaf blade gradient of the third leaf of maize (Zea mays L.). To ascertain whether the rapidity of structural changes associated with the transition of chloroplasts from mature to senescent state is a heritable trait, the parental and the first filial generations of plants were used. The heterogeneity of leaf blade, associated with the development of maize leaf (with the oldest regions at the apex and the youngest ones at the base) was clearly discernible in the ultrastructure and dimensions of chloroplasts; however, there were differences in the actual pattern of chloroplast development between both genotypes as well as between both cell types examined. While the course of MC chloroplasts' development at the onset of leaf senescence in maize hybrid followed that of its parent rather well, this did not apply for the BSC chloroplasts. In this case, each genotype was characterized by its own distinguishable developmental pattern, particularly as regards the accumulation of starch inclusions and the associated changes of the size and shape of BSC chloroplasts.

Additional key words: chloroplast development; electron microscopy; genetic variability; granal thylakoids; leaf blade heterogeneity; peripheral reticulum; kplastoglobuli; starch inclusions; Zea mays

Received: April 27, 2006; Accepted: July 17, 2006; Published: March 1, 2007  Show citation

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Vičánková, A., Holá, D., & Kutík, J. (2007). Maize F1 hybrid differs from its maternal parent in the development of chloroplasts in bundle sheath, but not in mesophyll cells: Quantitative analysis of chloroplast ultrastructure and dimensions in different parts of leaf blade at the beginning of its senescence. Photosynthetica, 45(1), 121-132. doi: 10.1007/s11099-007-0020-6
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