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Hormonal Regulation of Development in Mosses

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Hormonal Regulation of Plant Growth and Development

Part of the book series: Advances in Agricultural Biotechnology ((AABI,volume 21))

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The protonema of mosses is a “morphogenetic system”, meaning that all members of the system are necessary to constitute the normal morphogenesis (Bopp, 1965). The best analysed “system” is the protonema of Funaria hygrometrica, in which the differentiation steps follow each other in a clear sequence. Each step occurs on definite cell types separating the different phases of the first part of gametophytic development (protonema). Upon germination, spores of the moss produce filaments with transverse septae separating adjacent cells. The cells contain many rounded chloroplasts distributed throughout, and the branching is irregular. These filaments constitute chloronema. After attaining a definite physiological maturity (Knoop, 1984), the apical cell of each chloronema filament changes its shape in a continuous process. producing cells containing fewer chloroplasts mainly accumulated in the apical region, oblique cell walls between adjacent cells and a very regular branching: the caulonema. The side branches of the caulonema have a chloronema-like morphology in the beginning. Therefore. Cove and Ashton (1984) called them “secondary chloronema” in contrast to the primary chloronema arising from spores or from the regenerating tissue. But in most cases, the side branches give rise to new caulonema filaments. Its more detailed account is given by Knoop (1984). In many mosses of the “Funaria type” (Bopp, 1961), very young side branches of the first and second order can be transformed into buds in a third step, which constitute early stages of gametophore development.

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Bopp, M., Bhatla, S.C. (1987). Hormonal Regulation of Development in Mosses. In: Purohit, S.S. (eds) Hormonal Regulation of Plant Growth and Development. Advances in Agricultural Biotechnology, vol 21. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-015-3950-0_4

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