LIGHT MICROSCOPIC STUDIES OF POLLEN GRAINS BY ACETOLYSIS METHOD

Abstract

The pre sent investigation deals with pollen morphological study of flowering plants from Ramshej Fort, Mhasrul, Nasik, Maharashtra during the period of January 2016 to De cember 2016. Fresh flowers from diffe rent plants collected early in the morning before anthesis. Collected polle n grains treated by acetolysis technique and obse rved unde r light microscope for pollen morphological studies.The purpose of this survey work was to collect the pollen materials from different plants growing in the field and study of diffe rent pollen parameters such as shape , size, colpi and exine ornamentation. Pollen grain from plants such as Parthenium hysterophorous ,Alternan thera cicilis Hibiscus pandurifo rmis ,Plumbago zelanica , Malvas trum spp.