Observations on the effects of morphactin EMD 7301 and EMD 7311 on the number, size, morphology and ontogeny of cotyledonary stomata ofAbelmoschus esculentus moench

Abstract

Stomata on the cotyledons of Morphactin EMD 7301 and EMD 7311 treated seedlings may be anisocytic, anomocytic, paracytic, diacytio, transitional forms and haplocytic. In spite of this diversity, the most frequent type is anisocytic on both surfaces. The stomatal ontogeny may bo perigenous, mesogenous and mesoperigenous. Morphactin EMD 7301 and EMD 7311 increase the size of cotyledons in all concentrations accompanied by an increase in the number of stomata on the adaxial surface in 100, 150, 250 ppm of EMD 7301. The effect of morphactin is promotive to the size of stomata in all concentrations, but it retards the stomatal density and number of epidermal cells. This may be due to an increase in the size of the epidermal cells. The substrates, however, have no effect on the morphology and ontogeny of the stomata; probably they are inherent chracters.