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Cell differentiation in the longitudinal veins and formation of commissural veins in rice (Oryza sativa) and maize (Zea mays)

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Vascular development is a central theme in plant science. However, little is known about the mechanism of vascular development in monocotyledons (compared with dicotyledons). Therefore, we investigated sequential processes of differentiation into various different vascular cells by carrying out detailed observations using serial sections of the bases of developing leaves of rice and maize. The developmental process of the longitudinal vascular bundles was divided into six stages in rice and five stages in maize. The initiation of differentiation into procambial progenitor cells forming the commissural vein arose in a circular layer cell that was adjacent to both a metaxylem vessel and one or a few phloem cells in stage V longitudinal vascular bundles. In most cases the differentiation of ground meristem cells into procambial progenitor cells extended in one direction, toward the next longitudinal vascular bundle, and subsequent periclinal divisions and further differentiation produced a vessel element, two companion cells and a sieve element to form a commissural vein. These results suggest the presence of an intercellular signal(s) that induces differentiation of the circular layer cell and the ground meristem cells into procambial progenitor cells, forming a commissural vein sequentially.

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This study was supported, in part, by Grants-in-Aid from the Japan Society for the Promotion of Science (to J.S. and H.F.), from The Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology, Japan, (to H.F.), from the Program of Basic Research Activities for Innovative Biosciences from the Bio-oriented Technology Research Advancement Institution (BRAIN) (to H.F.), and from the Twenty-first Century COE Program of the University of Tokyo (to J.S.). The authors thank Dr. Jun-ichi Itoh, Mari Obara, Dr. Yasuo Nagato and Dr. Shin-ichiro Sawa for their fruitful discussion.

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Sakaguchi, J., Fukuda, H. Cell differentiation in the longitudinal veins and formation of commissural veins in rice (Oryza sativa) and maize (Zea mays). J Plant Res 121, 593–602 (2008). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10265-008-0189-1

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