Ultrastructure of Mature and Ripening Avocado (Persea americana Mill.) Fruit Mesocarp; Scanning, Transmission and Freeze Fracture Electron Microscopy

Ultrastructure of Mature and Ripening Avocado (Persea americana Mill.) Fruit Mesocarp; Scanning, Transmission and Freeze Fracture Electron Microscopy

Kathryn Ann Platt-Aloia

Doctor of Philosophy, Graduate Program in Botany

University of California, Riverside, August 1980

Title Page, Acknowledgements, Table of Contents and List of Figures and Tables	i-xi
Introduction and References	1
Chapter 1. Aspects of the Three-Dimensional Intracellular Organization of Mesocarp Cells as Revealed by Scanning Electron Microscopy	8
Chapter 2. Ultrastructural Changes in the Walls of Ripening Avocados: Transmission, Scanning and Freeze Fracture Microscopy	20
Chapter 3. Ultrastructure of the Mesocarp of Mature Avocado Fruit and Changes Associated with Ripening	37
Chapter 4. Further Observations on the Ultrastructure of Avocado Fruits, Some Comments on Techniques, and Conclusions of The Dissertation	60