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Application and implication of scanning electron microscopy for evaluation of palyno-morphological features of Vitaceae from Pakistan

Authors :
Shabir Ahmad
Muhammad Ajmal Shah
Omer Kilic
Muhammad Zafar
Shazia Sultana
Fethi Ahmet Özdemir
Ghulam Mujtaba Shah
Erkan Yilmaz
Mushtaq Ahmad
Lubna
Muhammad Ishtiaq Ali
Amir Muhammad Khan
Source :
Microscopy research and techniqueREFERENCES. 84(4)
Publication Year :
2020

Abstract

The present study aimed to investigate the palyno-morphological features of species of family Vitaceae from Pakistan. A total of nine species, belonging to four genera were collected, pressed, identified, and then analyzed microscopically. Both quantitative and qualitative characters of the pollen grains were recorded including polar and equatorial diameter, P/E ratio, number of colpi and pores, exine thickness and shapes of the pollen in both polar and equatorial view, and exine sculpturing using Leica microscope fitted with camera Meiji Infinity 1 and then analyzed statistically using software IBM SPSS Statistics 20. The results of the present study demonstrated the variations in polar and equatorial diameter, exine thickness, P/E ratio, pollen shape, and exine sculpturing of the studied species and highlighted the significance of pollen morphology as an identification tool. The present study may contribute to better understand the classification at genus level, which will support the future phylogenetic characterization of the family.

Details

ISSN :
10970029
Volume :
84
Issue :
4
Database :
OpenAIRE
Journal :
Microscopy research and techniqueREFERENCES
Accession number :
edsair.doi.dedup.....9e30fb6f4fe4934d11a1e59cb3ad3d2b