Maize F1 hybrid differs from its maternal parent in the development of chloroplasts in bundle sheath, but not in mesophyll cells: Quantitative analysis of chloroplast ultrastructure and dimensions in different parts of leaf blade at the beginning of its

Abstract

Quantitative changes of chloroplast ultrastructure and dimensions in mesophyll and bundle sheath cells, associated with the onset of leaf senescence, were followed along developmental leaf blade gradient of the 3rd leaf of two maize genotypes

Keywords

• bundle sheath cells
• maize
• mesophyll cells
• chloroplast development
• chloroplast ultrastructure
• electron microscopy
• genetic variability
• granal thylakoids
• leaf blade heterogeneity
• peripheral reticulum
• plastoglobuli
• senescence
• starch inclusions
• Zea mays