Vascular Tissue and Transfer Cell Distribution in the Rice Spikelet

Abstract

Recently Zee and O'Brien (1971a, 1971b) have described the distribution of the vascular tissue and transfer cell in the nodes of the spikelet axis of wheat and millet. From those reports it was clear that the distribution of the vascular system and its associated transfer cells could be quite variable. In this communication another variation found in the nodal region of the spikelet of the rice plant will be described.