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🌾 In a rice mutant lacking proper callose accumulation (Osgsl5-3), the reduction of plasmodesmata was even greater, suggesting callose is critical for maintaining cell-to-cell connectivity during this key reproductive stage. (5/8)

Figure showing plasmodesmata (PD) frequency changes during the transition to meiosis in Osgsl5-3 mutant rice anthers. The diagrams on the left show a cross-section of premeiotic anthers, highlighting the connections (PD in red) between pollen mother cells (PMC) and surrounding tapetal cells (TC). The middle images, taken using transmission electron microscopy, compare these connections in both wild-type (WT) and Osgsl5-3 mutant anthers. The right panels show how the number of PD connections per unit of cell wall changes in WT and Osgsl5-3 anthers during two stages: premeiotic interphase (Mei1) and early meiosis (Mei2). The graph bars include p-values (significance of the difference) and error bars representing the variation observed. Each dot represents the average PD frequency in an individual rice floret, and the numbers above indicate the sample sizes. Arrows point to membrane indentations at PD sites. Scale bar = 100 nm.
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AOannbot.bsky.social

🎉Great news! The paper ‘Callose deficiency modulates plasmodesmata frequency and extracellular distance in rice pollen mother and tapetal cells’ in @annbot.bsky.social#freebotany.fyi/ag16q7#AoBpapers#PlantScience

Callose deficiency modulates plasmodesmata frequency and extracellular distance in rice pollen mother and tapetal cells
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CFpdchristine.bsky.social

Kickoff for the 2024 Plasmodesmata Meeting! Intercellar!!

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SKkamounlab.bsky.social

Wonderful talk by Tessa Burch-Smith at #PPATH24www.danforthcenter.org/our-work/pri...

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MSsomssich.bsky.social

After a summer seminar break at the MPIPZ, we are back with Guest @yoselin.bsky.social#PlantScience

A picture of Yoselin Benitez-Alfonso on stage in the lecture hall of the Max Planck Institute for Plant Breeding Research in Cologne. Her slide shows the title "Plasmodesmata Walls and the Mechanical Control of Intercellular Signalling".
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