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Histopathology of Seed-Borne Infections - Applied Research Center ...

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Structure <strong>of</strong> <strong>Seed</strong>s 59scendembepsmuAcscoiendiiendBcotcotCFIGURE 3.6 Structure <strong>of</strong> seed <strong>of</strong> Linum usitatissimum (A, B) and Sesamum indicum (C). A,Median Ls <strong>of</strong> seed. B, Ts <strong>of</strong> mature seed coat consisting <strong>of</strong> thick cuticle, radially elongatedepidermal cells with mucilage, and thick-walled outer epidermis <strong>of</strong> inner integument. C, Tspart <strong>of</strong> seed, epidermal cells radially elongated with calcium oxalate crystals. (Abbreviations:c, calcium oxalate crystals; cot, cotyledon; emb, embryo; end, endosperm; eps, seed epidermis;ii, inner integument; mu, mucilage; oi, outer integument; sc, seed coat.) (A, B, Adapted fromBoesewinkel, F.D. 1984. Ber. Dtsch. Bot. Ges. Bd. 97: 443–450; C, Adapted from Vaughan,J.A. 1970. The Structure and Utilization <strong>of</strong> Oil <strong>Seed</strong>s. Chapman & Hall, London.)Embryo: Erect, axile, spatulate, cotyledons two, flat, cells with oil and proteinas reserve food.Endosperm: Three to six cells thick; cells are thin-walled and reserve food asoil and protein.

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