期刊
JOURNAL OF PLANT RESEARCH
卷 134, 期 4, 页码 803-810出版社
SPRINGER JAPAN KK
DOI: 10.1007/s10265-021-01290-8
关键词
Apomixis; Callose; Hawkweed; Hieracium; Ovule; Reproduction
资金
- Department of Plant Cytology and Embryology, Institute of Botany, Faculty of Biology, Jagiellonian University in Cracow, Poland [DS/MND/WBiNoZ/IB/12/2016, K/N18/DBS/000002]
Our study revealed that both tetraploid and pentaploid plants of P. brzovecensis do not produce viable seeds and reproduce vegetatively by underground stolons. Apospory was observed in the ovules of both cytotypes, but the development into multi-nucleate aposporous embryo sac was inhibited. The accumulation of callose in the walls of aposporous initial cells may lead to ovule sterility.
Within the agamic Pilosella complex, apomixis (asexual reproduction through seed) involves apospory, parthenogenesis, and autonomous endosperm development. Observations of reproductive biology in P. brzovecensis throughout four growing seasons in the garden have shown that both tetraploid and pentaploid plants of this species do not produce viable seeds and reproduce exclusively vegetatively by underground stolons. The reasons for the seed development failure were unknown, therefore our research focused on the analysis of reproductive events in the ovules of this taxon. We found that apospory was initiated in the ovules of both cytotypes. Multiple aposporous initial (AI) cells differentiated in close proximity to the megaspore mother cell (MMC) and suppressed megasporogenesis at the stage of early prophase I. However, none of the AI cells was able to further develop into a multi-nucleate aposporous embryo sac (AES) due to the inhibition of mitotic divisions. It was unusual that callose was accumulated in the walls of AI cells and its synthesis was most likely associated with a response to the dysfunction of these cells. Callose is regarded as the isolating factor and its surprising deposition in the ovules of P. brzovecensis may signal disruption of reproductive processes that cause premature termination of the aposporous development pathway and ultimately lead to ovule sterility. The results of our embryological analysis may be the basis for undertaking advanced molecular studies aimed at fully understanding of the causes of female sterility in P. brzovecensis.
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