%0 Journal Article
%A M. Kedves and Á. Párdutz
%T Ultrastructural Study of X-ray Irradiated Spores of Equisetum arvense L.(1)
%D 1998
%J Taiwania
%V 43
%N 3
%P 215-224
%U https://taiwania.ntu.edu.tw/abstract/121
%X Fresh spores of Equisetum arvense L. were irradiated for 5s, 15s, 30s or 60s, and examined with a transmission electron microscope. Alterations to the fine structure of the spore wall and the protoplasm are described. The exospore was more resistant to X-ray irradiation than to organic solvents, in particular diethylamine. The molecular structure of the spore wall was revealed by the X-ray effect. Resistance of the different layers of the sporomorphs to irradiation and organic solvents is important for understanding the complicated biopolymer system of the sporopollenin.
%M doi:10.6165/tai.1998.43(3).215