Megagametophytes of the heterosporous lower vascular plant, Selaginella, were cultured on a variety of types and concentrations of carbon sources (glucose, sucrose, trehalose, and sorbitol), with and without B vitamins, in an attempt to induce apogamy. Without B vitamins growth was enhanced on glucose and trehalose, but not on sucrose. With B vitamins growth was enhanced on all types and concentrations of carbon sources. Enhanced growth involved the production of greater numbers of cells in the tissue. Chlorophyll-a was present in megagametophytes cultured on many of the treatments, including control treatments without supplemental carbon. Apogamy was not induced. / Master of Science
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:VTETD/oai:vtechworks.lib.vt.edu:10919/87220 |
| Date | January 1982 |
| Creators | Koller, Alan Leonard |
| Contributors | Botany |
| Publisher | Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University |
| Source Sets | Virginia Tech Theses and Dissertation |
| Language | en_US |
| Detected Language | English |
| Type | Thesis, Text |
| Format | viii, 159, [1] leaves, application/pdf, application/pdf |
| Rights | In Copyright, http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC/1.0/ |
| Relation | OCLC# 9157034 |
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