anthoceros punctatus/atrophy

A filamentous virus was isolated in Angelica sinensis (Angelica sinensis (Oliv.) Diels) which shows mosaic symptoms on leaves in Minxian, Gansu province, China. According to morphology and molecular biology properties, this virus, which has a flexuous rod-shaped particle about 750 nm in length and

This light and electron microscope study revealed that leptosporangiate ferns have highly distinctive gametophyte-sporophyte junctions characterized by sporophytic haustoria, the absence of intraplacental spaces and degenerating cells, and the early appearance of wall ingrowths in both generations.