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Electron microscopy observations of salt-tolerant embrogenic calli of Citrus limon [(L.) Burm. f.] showed several changes in cell ultrastructure when compared with control calli. Both types of calli comprised clusters of meristematic cells, but salt-tolerant calli had several structural differences: thick cell walls, ring-shaped mitochondria, an increased content of lipid bodies, microbodies and parallel accumulation of rough endoplasmatic reticulum. These structural features seem to be related with salt tolerance in Citrus limon cells.
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Piqueras, A., Olmos, E. & Hellín, E. Cytological changes related with salt tolerance in embryogenic callus of Citrus limon . Plant Cell Tiss Organ Cult 39, 13–18 (1994). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00037586
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