[The ultrastructure of apple cells during storage].
A study was made of ultrastructural features of epidermal and hypodermal cells of freshly collected apples of early- and late-ripe cultivars, and of those storage at low temperature. In late-cultivars, the ultrastructure of most cells remained unchanged within 8 months (except increased vacuolation). In early-ripe cultivars, signs of senile destruction were evident in many hypodermal cells as early as within 2 months of storage. Apple cells of all cultivars contained a fairly developed smooth endoplasmic reticulum (SER). A suggestion is made that SER may be involved in the synthesis of abscisic acid essential for the fruit dormancy maintenance.
Kumakhova
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Kabardino-Balkarian State University, Nalchik. kumachova@aport.ru
D003080:Cold Temperature; D004721:Endoplasmic Reticulum / Q000648:ultrastructure*; D005511:Food Handling; D005638:Fruit / Q000648:ultrastructure; D027845:Malus / Q000648:ultrastructure*; D008928:Mitochondria / Q000648:ultrastructure*; D018087:Plastids / Q000648:ultrastructure*; D013045:Species Specificity