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Micromorpho-Anatomical Examination of 2,4-D Phytotoxicity in Grapevine (Vitis vinifera L.) Leaves

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The anatomical and micro-morphological alterations as induced by the auxinic herbicide, 2,4-D (2,4-dichlorophenoxy acetic acid) have not yet been elucidated for a commercially important fruit crop such as grapevine despite its super sensitivity to 2,4-D. Light and scanning electron microscopy techniques were employed to examine 2,4-D induced internal and external structural abnormalities in Merlot grapevines (Vitis vinifera L.). Healthy leaves were dorsiventrally flattened with well developed patterns of cellular structure and composition involving adaxial palisade parenchyma and abaxial spongy mesophyll. Dorsiventral variations in epidermal features involved large epidermal cells on the adaxial surface, and trichomes and stomata with turgid elliptical guard cells on the abaxial surface. The 2,4-D injured leaves were small and enated; the veins were fasciated with rugose bands of lamina existing between fasciated veins. The epidermal cells aggregated instead of being positioned coplanar to the epidermal plane. The adaxial elongated palisade parenchyma cells were transformed into an ovoid shape with intercellular spaces. An extensive development of replacement tissues took place on the abaxial surface wherein the stomata became roundish and were either raised or sunken with collapsed and cracked guard cells that developed abnormal outer stomatal ledges. These abnormalities are expected to severely perturb the vital functions of photosynthesis and transpiration ultimately leading to vine death attributable, at least in part, to the injured leaves.

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Bondada, B.R. Micromorpho-Anatomical Examination of 2,4-D Phytotoxicity in Grapevine (Vitis vinifera L.) Leaves. J Plant Growth Regul 30, 185–198 (2011). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00344-010-9183-7

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