Différenciation in vitro et <i>de novo</i> d'organes floraux directement a partir des couches minces de cellules de type epidermique de <i>Nicotiana tabacum</i>. Etude au niveau cellulaire

Abstract

Floral organs (sepals, petals, stamens, carpels) have formed de novo and directly from explants composed of 3 to 6 layers of epidermal and subepidermal cells; these organs originated from the subepidermal layer. The first symptoms of the resumption of mitotic activity included incorporation of tritiated thymidine at the level of the subepidermal layer followed by new cell walls observed after 24 h of culturing. On the average, organogenesis from cells derived from the subepidermal layer was completed after about 10 days.This work demonstrates that the epidermal tissue can form flower buds de novo and directly. [Translated by the journal]