Ovule-gall stimulating a large fake fruit on Miconia chamissois Naudin (Melastomataceae): a structural overview

• Published in: Botany Vol. 99; no. 3; pp. 115 - 126
• Main Authors: Bomfim, Phabliny M.S, Kuster, Vinícius C, Caetano, Ana Paula S, Gonçalves, Letícia A, Oliveira, Denis C
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: 1840 Woodward Drive, Suite 1, Ottawa, ON K2C 0P7 NRC Research Press 01.03.2021
• Subjects: Allorhogas; Allorhogas uberlandiensis; Analysis; Angiosperms; biological control agents; Botany; flowering; fruits; Galls (Botany); histochemistry; histochimie; host plants; Hymenoptera; hyménoptère; hypanthium; hyperplasia; hypertrophy; Identification and classification; insects; lipids; Miconia; Morphology; Nomenclature; nutritive tissue; pectins; Physiological aspects; reproductive success; smooth endoplasmic reticulum; tissu nutritif; United States

The developmental processes of galls are better known when they are induced on vegetative organs, whereas they have hardly ever been described for reproductive ones. Herein, galls induced by Allorhogas uberlandiensis (Hymenoptera) on ovules of Miconia chamissois Naudin (Melastomataceae) were analyze...