Summary
Oil glands ofCitrus deliciosa are multicellular secretory structures, globular to oval in shape, in the centre of which an essential oil-accumulating space is formed. Opening of this space begins from a single cell. It undergoes lysis which later extends to the neighbouring gland cells.
Secretory material in form of droplets is produced in plastids, from where it is transported to the parietal cytoplasm of the secretory cells via numerous ER-elements. After fusion of the ER-membranes with the plasmalemma, the exudate reaches the apoplast, through which it is driven to the central cavity of the gland.
Peripheral cells of the secretory complex are modified into a protective sheath with thick walls and large vacuoles, while their plastids are differentiated from leucoplasts into typical amyloplasts.
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Bosabalidis, A., Tsekos, I. Ultrastructural studies on the secretory cavities ofCitrus deliciosa ten. II. Development of the essential oil-accumulating central space of the gland and process of active secretion. Protoplasma 112, 63–70 (1982). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01280216
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