Claim · model-written summary
Endosperm consisted largely of solid galactomannan without cell lumina.
- Taxon
- Cyamopsis tetragonoloba
Cyamopsis tetragonolobat0 - Organ / stage
- endosperme0
- Outcome
- a solid mass of galactomannan with essentially no cell luminae0
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Verbatim
e0“the bulk of the endosperm is a solid mass of galactomannan with essentially no cell lumina”
t0“Cyamopsis tetragonoloba”
Title
John H. McClendon; William G. Nolan; Herman F. Wenzler American Journal of Botany 1976. doi:10.1002/j.1537-2197.1976.tb11868.x
Other claims from this paper (14)
- Observation Guar endosperm contained 41% of seed dry weight.
- Observation Guar endosperm contained 45% of seed acetone insoluble solids.
- Observation Guar endosperm contained only 3–11% of seed nitrogen and phosphorus.
- Observation At least 75% of endosperm acetone insoluble solids was galactomannan.
- Observation About 12% of endosperm acetone insoluble solids was other listed constituents.
- Observation All endosperm galactomannan disappeared during five days of germination.
- Observation All but 5% of endosperm dry weight disappeared during germination.
- Observation About one third of nitrogen and phosphorus from endosperm and seed coat translocated.
- Observation Nitrogen and acetone insoluble solids accumulated linearly in the seedling axis after a 36-hour lag.
- Observation Axis dry weight and phosphorus increased rapidly, then accumulated more slowly.
- Observation Cotyledon dry weight temporarily increased.
- Observation Cotyledon acetone insoluble solids decreased after 84 hours.
- Observation Cotyledon nitrogen and phosphorus decreased after 36 hours.
- Observation The endosperm aleurone layer was metabolically active.