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. 2014 Oct 6;5:528. doi: 10.3389/fpls.2014.00528

Figure 2.

Figure 2

Anatomical differences in abortive and young developing fruit during the progamic phase. (A) Early ovary primordium, 20 days after blooming. (B) Early rudimentary ovary, 25 days after blooming. (C) Developing ovary, 30 days after blooming. (D) Abortive ovary, 30 days after blooming. (E) Developing ovary with early ovule, 40 days after blooming. (F) Abortive ovary with early ovule primordia indicated by arrows, 40 days after blooming. (G) Ovule in developing ovary, 50 days after blooming. (H) Ovules in abortive ovary, 50 days after blooming. (I) Ovule with mature embryo sac in developing ovary, 55 days after blooming. (J) Ovule lacking differentiated embryo sac and nucellus in abortive ovary, 55 days after blooming. (K) Embryo in fertilized ovule of developing ovary, 65 days after blooming. Key: Bp, bract primordium; E, embryo; En, endosperm; Es, embryo sac; F, funiculus; Int, integument; M, micropyle; N, nucellus; Op, ovary primordium; O, ovary; Ov, ovule; P, parenchyma; Pl, placenta; St, style. Scale bars: A,B = 100 μm; C–E = 100 μm; F = 30 μm; G = 100 μm; H = 30 μm; I–K = 100 μm.