Observation of Golgi Bodies in Zea mays Roots by Technovit DiOC₆-DAPI Double-Stain Microscopy

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The behavior of Golgi bodies in a maize root tip was examined by the Technovit DiOC₆-DAPI double-stain method. In almost all regions of the root tip, Golgi bodies were observed as bright and rod-like DiOC₆ fluorescence. The number or shape of Golgi bodies varied in different tissues. Their density was quite high in two regions, the root cap initials and the upper end of the outer root cap were especially full of Golgi bodies. The Golgi bodies were uniformly small in the meristem and the root cap initials, but were much larger in the outer root cap, and this seems to be because they produce polysaccharide-slime.