[Effect of melafen on mitochondrial apparatus of apical meristem in growth regulation in potato tubers]
- PMID: 21950126
[Effect of melafen on mitochondrial apparatus of apical meristem in growth regulation in potato tubers]
Abstract
Growth stimulation in potato Solanum tuberosum L. tubers by melafen preparation caused an increase in area ofmitochondrial apparatus (increase in mitochondrial size) in apical meristem cells. Melafen stimulated mitochondrial differentiation (increase in number of condensed mitochondria enriched in cristas). Obtained data revealed an increase in activity of mitochondrial apparatus which is connected with an increase in energetic demands of cells in potato tuber apexes at melafen growth activation.