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38 <strong>Histopathology</strong> <strong>of</strong> <strong>Seed</strong>-<strong>Borne</strong> <strong>Infections</strong>arlpovAmlepoentBepoomlomlCimlimlententDespomlEseedarlarlFGHFIGURE 2.16 Development and structure <strong>of</strong> seed <strong>of</strong> Lycopersicon esculentum. A, Ls ovuleat four-celled endosperm stage with arillode primordium (arlp). B to D, Ls part <strong>of</strong> integumentand developing seed coat showing absorption <strong>of</strong> cells in outer middle layers. E, Ls part <strong>of</strong>immature seed coat comprising epidermal cells with inner tangential and radial walls lignified;reduced number <strong>of</strong> middle layers and the persistent endothelium. F, Ls developing seed withthe arillode. G, Arillode cells from whole-mount preparation at green fruit stage. H, Diagram<strong>of</strong> fresh seed on graph to show the relative proportion <strong>of</strong> seed and arillode. (Abbreviations:arl, arillode; arlp, arillode primordium; ent, endothelium; epo, outer epidermis; eps, seedepidermis; iml, inner zone <strong>of</strong> middle layers; ml, middle layers; oml, outer zone <strong>of</strong> middlelayers; ov, ovule.) (From Saxena, T. 1970. Ph.D. thesis, University <strong>of</strong> Rajasthan, Jaipur, India.)

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