Ultrastructure and dimensions of chloroplasts in leaves of three maize (Zea mays L.) inbred lines and their F1 hybrids grown under moderate chilling stress

Abstract

Influence of moderate chilling stress on the ultrastructure and dimensions of vascular bundle sheath cell and mesophyll cell chloroplasts in leaves was studied in inbreds and hybrids of maize

Keywords

• photosynthesis
• maize
• mesophyll cells
• bundle sheath cells
• electron microscopy
• genotypes
• intraspecific variability
• chloroplasts
• stereology