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  1. Plant cells are eukaryotic cells that vary in several fundamental factors from other eukaryotic organisms. Both plant and animal cells contain nucleus along with similar organelles. One of the distinctive aspects of a plant cell is the presence of a cell wall outside the cell membrane. Read more: Cells.

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    • INTRODUCTION
    • 1.2 CELL WALL
    • 1.3 CELL MEMBRANE
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    • 1.8 ENDOPLASMIC RETICULUM
    • 2.0 PLANT CELLS AND MERISTEMS
    • 2.1 DEVELOPMENT OF A PLANT
    • 2.2 GROUND TISSUES
    • 2.3 VASCULAR TISSUES AND CELL TYPES
    • 2.3.1 XYLEM
    • 2.4 DERMAL TISSUES AND FEATURES
    • ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS

    The structure and functioning of plants, even that of massive 100-metre tall trees, is dependent on the structure of, and processes occurring in, microscopic cells. In this book we look at the major organelles in cells, the range of cell types in plants and how they are combined into tissues to create functioning leaves and other organs. Some cells...

    The cell wall is initially deposited on the surface of the middle lamella. This primary cell wall occurs on the surface of all plant cells. It is substantially composed of cellulose molecules bundled together to form fibrils. The primary cell wall is the only cell wall present in some cells. In other cells a secondary cell wall is deposited inside ...

    Immediately inside the cell wall there is a cell membrane surrounding the contents of the cell. It is made up of a phospholipid bilayer with proteins. The outer surface of the phospholipid layer is attracted by water (hydrophilic) whereas the tail of the phospholipid molecule is repelled by water (hydrophobic). The proteins may be embedded in the m...

    The nuclear envelope is a double membrane that surrounds the nucleus. It contains pores that allow rapid communication between the cytoplasm of the cell and the nucleoplasm. Nucleoplasm is similar to the cytoplasm of the cell but contains more protein macromolecules and appears darker than the cytoplasm. The nucleolus is a roughly spherical body co...

    The endoplasmic reticulum (ER) is a complex system of membranes, tubules, cisternae and vesicles, appearing in two types: smooth and rough ER. Smooth ER is comprised of interconnected vesicles and cisternae that do not contain ribosomes. Smooth ER is involved in sterol biosynthesis, detoxification reactions and fatty acid desaturation. Rough ER mem...

    Plants create many different types of cells, which have various functions. Most new cells in are produced in specialised regions of tissue, called meristems. Primary growth occurs in the apical meristems of the shoots and roots. The cells of the apical meristem divide and expand and differentiate into all the various cell types of the plant.

    The apical meristem produces new cells by cell division. These small squat cells divide and expand in size. They then differentiate into all the various cell types of the plant. The great variety of cell types in a plant can be divided into three broad tissue systems: the dermal, vascular and ground tissue systems.

    The main tissue types of the ground tissue system are parenchyma, collenchyma and sclerenchyma. Parenchyma have thin walls of cellulose, whereas collenchyma have cell walls with thickened areas of additional cellulose. Sclerenchyma cells have lignified cell walls. They can be further categorised into narrow long cells (fibers) and cells of various ...

    There are two vascular tissues in the vascular tissue system: xylem for water transport and phloem for transport of photosynthates.

    The xylem is a complex tissue containing a range of cell types including: vessel cells, tracheids, fibers, parenchyma

    The dermal tissue is largely composed of squat more or less cubic dermal cells, but it also contains specialist guard cells around the stomata, and various trichomes and root hairs.

    The assistance of technical staff at the College of Engineering, IT and Environment, and of staff from the Innovative Media Production Studio at Charles Darwin University is acknowledged. The many publishers of microscope images, diagrams, drawings and photos, who have made their work freely available to share for educational purposes online are al...

  2. TOPIC 2: THE THREE TISSUE SYSTEM-Observations in plant anatomy, accuracy and completeness based on macro-and microscopic information. Components of a plant: cells, tissues, organs = unity. Planes of sectioning, Three basic tissues: dermal (epidermis), ground tissues (parenchyma, collenchyma, and sclerenchyma) and vascular (xylem and phloem).

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  3. Readers will learn the organelles cell parts that are particular to animal or plant cells They will be exposed to the wide variety of plant and animal cells as well as the characteristics that makes specialized cells so perfectly suited to their

  4. The plant body, shown here as a tomato plant, consists of the shoot system (leaves, buds, stems, flowers and fruits) and the root system (roots). Each organ is made up of cells organized into tissue systems: dermal, vascular and ground.

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  5. Plant Cells. Figure \ (\PageIndex {1}\): A diagram of a plant cell. Plants cells differ from animal cells in that they have a cell wall (which is glued to adjacent cells by the middle lamellae), a large central vacuole, and chloroplasts. Image by LadyofHats, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons.

  6. Understanding cell structures and their functions and the chemical processes that take place allows scientists to select and manipulate the properties of plants and the products that can be obtained from them.

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