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On the formation and fine structure of septate wood fibres of Ribes sanguineum

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The septate wood-fibres of Ribes sanguineum result from a genuine mitosis of the still functioning nucleus in lignified cells. The development of the septa occurs first in the vicinity of protoxylem and spreads centrifugally outwards and from the basis of the shoot towards the vegetative apex. Because there is no wall-layer fusion of the septum with the fibre-wall, the terms ‘chambers’ or ‘compartments’ are proposed for the partitions resulting from cytokinesis. The septum is built up by a middle lamella with primary-wall structures and plasmodesmata; it possesses a cellulose-pectin character and does not evince secondary wall appositions or lignification.

During septum development a definite trend in the cytoplasmic organization of the living wood fibres is indicated. The probable significance of the various cytoplasmic organelles for the development and structure of the septa is discussed.

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In den septierten Holzfasern von Ribes sanguineum Pursh entwickeln sich die Septen durch eine echte Mitose des aktiven Kernes. Die dabei entstehenden Aufteilungen werden als Kammer oder Fächer bezeichnet. Histochemische Versuche ergaben für die Septen eine Cellulose-Pektin-Struktur. In keiner Phase der Entwicklung erfolgt eine Sekundärwandauflage oder eine Lignifizierung. Die Septen zeigen zu der lignifizierten Wand der Faserzelle keine wandanaloge oder schichtengleiche Verbindung. Submikroskopisch weisen sie eine Primärwand-ähnliche Struktur mit einer deutlich ausgebildeten Mittellamelle und Plasmodesmen auf.

In den septierten Holzfasern konnten jahreszeitliche Veränderungen in der cytoplasmatischen Organisation beobachtet werden. Nach der Septenbildung nimmt die Anzahl der Dictyosomen ab, verbunden mit einer zunehmenden Vakuolisierung und Entwicklung der Stärkekörner. Die mutmaßliche Bedeutung der cytoplasmatischen Organellen für die Septenbildung wird diskutiert.

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Dedicated to Prof. Dr. Dr. h.c. Bruno Huber on the occasion of his 70th birthday.

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Parameswaran, N., Reinbek, W.L. On the formation and fine structure of septate wood fibres of Ribes sanguineum . Wood Science and Technology 3, 272–286 (1969). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00352302

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