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In the present article, data from the microscopic investigation of the morphological structure of a cellular wall and plasmalemma of the Central Asian cotton fiber are given at different stages of their development. The objects under investigation were live hairs of five middle-fiber cotton species (Tashkent-1, 108-F, Namangan-77, Margelan-3, G. llirsutum L.) and the coarse-fiber variety of G. arboreum L., so-called Turfan Gtiza. To observe the cotton hair surface morphology, the original method of gelatinous prints was used. It is shown that, in all investigated samples of cotton cell-hairs, spiral structures are observed in the packing of cellulose microfibrils on the surface of the primary cell wall. Also, it is established that the plasmalemma of a cotton cell-hair makes a spiral movement along the direction of its growth. On the basis of the received data, a conclusion is made about the spiral mechanism for the deposition of cellulose microfibrils on a primary cell wall surface and the spiral movement of plasmalemma.
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Krakhmalev, V., Paiziev, A. Spiral structures of cotton fiber. Cellulose 13, 45–52 (2006). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10570-005-9023-2
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