Department of Biology, Yadegar -e- Imam Khomeini (RAH) Shahre-Rey Branch, Islamic Azad University, Tehran, Iran , ra_taghavizad@yahoo.com 2- Department of Biology, Yadegar -e- Imam Khomeini (RAH) Shahre-Rey Branch, Islamic Azad University, Tehran, Iran
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Many parks and green spaces in Tehran are located in polluted areas in order to reduce some air pollution; however, sometimes the plants themselves are damaged which cannot be easily recognized.The studied ornamental plants were collected, their pollen wereseparated from the anthers, and their purification was done byErdtman's acetolysis method. They were stained with methylene blue and Lugol's solution and the pollens prepared for microscopic observations. Morphological changes of pollens with regional depressions (shrinking), changes in the size of the space between theexine and intine, tearing, asymmetry and deformation of pollenwere observed. In the anatomical results: some pollen grains were vacuolated and larger than normal, and some others were starchy and contained accumulations of contaminated particles. All these changes damage the pollen performance.Dahlia variabilisDest.97% and Tagetespatula L. 83% experienced the most anatomical damages and Rosahibrida L. 46% and Daturainnoxia Miller 24% underwent the most morphological damages.
Taghavizad R, Abroshan Z, Mohammadzadeh N. Micromorphological and anatomical study of pollen for widely used ornamental plants in some polluted areas of Tehran Province. PEC 2024; 11 (23) : 4 URL: http://pec.gonbad.ac.ir/article-1-897-en.html