Imidazolinones are powerful herbicides that inhibit branched‐chain amino acid biosynthesis by targeting the catalytic subunit of acetohydroxyacid synthase (AHAS). Imidazolinone application in the advanced vegetative or early reproductive developmental stages is associated with male sterility in resistant sunflower (Helianthus annuus L.); however, the underlying mechanism of this sterility remains unknown. This study describes the morphological, cytoembryological, and molecular alterations induced by imazapyr (IM) treatment on reproductive tissues at different developmental stages in two sunflower genotypes, resistant and intermediate resistant, respectively. Pollen and seed physiological variables were compared between the treated and control plants. The number of pollen grains per flower and viable seeds were negatively affected by IM treatment in the intermediate‐resistant genotype, and the biometric traits of early developed disc flower were also significantly different in this genotype. Differential interference contrast microscopy revealed that IM treatment slightly accelerates megagamethophyte development. Anther observations at microsporogenesis using confocal microscopy show that the sporogenous tissue was damaged. Furthermore, the expression profiles of the sunflower AHAS paralogs (ahas1, ahas2, and ahas3) were measured by quantitative polymerase chain reaction in the anthers and pistils of two developmental stages in treated and control plants. Imazapyr treatment in early reproductive growth stages clearly induces divergent expression patterns in the ahas gene family. These findings provide new insight into a novel chemical method for inducing male sterility in sunflowers and enhance our understanding of the effects of AHAS‐inhibitor herbicides in reproductive tissues.
El río Suquía y su espacio fluvial son componentes naturales fundamentales en la conformación de la geomorfología del territorio urbano de la ciudad de Córdoba. El devenir de los procesos de desarrollo de la misma, lo convirtió en lugar de dejadez, de contaminación por fluidos cloacales e industriales, lugar de deterioro por extracción de áridos y por avance de la urbanización en su cota de inundabilidad, llevando estas situaciones a pérdidas importantes del recurso río. En este contexto, el objetivo fundamental del trabajo fue proponer una gestión integral ambiental y paisajista del espacio fluvial del río Suquía en la ciudad, focalizada en el estudio de la imagen del espacio fluvial, que permitió analizar su evolución tipológica en el tiempo a través de variables naturales, ecológicas, antrópicas, paisajísticas, patrimoniales y económicas, elaborar un diagnóstico y construir ejes estratégicos de gestión que guían en la comprensión del uso del espacio fluvial y tejido urbano de borde. El plan de gestión propuesto surge del estudio de realidades concretas del espacio fluvial del río Suquía en Córdoba-ciudad, siendo imprescindible para su puesta en marcha acuerdos entre las distintas administraciones públicas, consenso con la parte privada, participación ciudadana y una política de conjunto que le dé continuidad.
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