Developmental stages of ovule and megagametophyte in Chenopodium botrys L. (Chenopodiaceae)

The ovule ontogenesis and the megasporogenesis stages in Chenopodium botrys L. were studied with light microscopy. Flowers and young pods were removed from natural plants and fixed in FAA 70, stored in 70% ethanol, embedded in paraffin, and sectioned at 7 μm with a microtome. Staining was carried out with Hematoxylin and Eosin and developmental stages of ovule were studied.