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Morphology of protoplast as affected by an inhibition of respiration

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The adventitious roots of onion (Allium cepa L.) were treated either with growth retardant Phosfon-D (2,4-dichlorobenzyltributylphosfonium chloride) or with respiratory inhibitors: sodium azide or 2,4-dinitrophenol. An inhibition of respiration rate by the chemicals used, down to about 75% of the control rate, was paralleled by the occurrence of different configurations of rough endoplasmic reticulum (ER) in the treated cells as well as by the marked vacuolization of the cytoplasm. Possible causes of the observed phenomena are discussed on the basis of own and literature data.

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  1. Alina Kacperska-Palacz

    Present address: Institute of Botany, The University of Warsaw, Poland

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  1. Institute of Botany, The University of Warsaw, Poland

    Maria Podbielkowska & Bożena Żarska-Maciejewska

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This work was partly supported by Grant FG-PO-222 and FG-PO-310 from U.S. Department of Agriculture, Agricultural Research Program, Public Law 480.

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Podbielkowska, M., Żarska-Maciejewska, B. & Kacperska-Palacz, A. Morphology of protoplast as affected by an inhibition of respiration. Protoplasma 83, 201–208 (1975). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01282553

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