• Dr. Vijay Prakash Meena
• Dr. Mahesh Chand Meena

Entomogenous galls are pathological structures which have originated from neoformed tissues as a result of mechanical and/or chemical stimuli. The present investigation reveals that both the processes namely hypertrophy and hyperplasia are common in the development of galls. In Ficus religiosa & Ficus roxburghii leaf galls, the first effect of cecidozoa attack is the hypertrophy of epidermal cells adjacent to the site of insect attack. Leaf galls show hypertrophy and hyperplasia as evidenced by investigations. The seat of cell proliferation is the mesophyll parenchyma of leaf. The mesophyll cells of the abaxial side of the developing galls are hypertrophied and are in a state of rapid proliferation. Subsequently, the hyperplasia and hypertrophy spread in all the parenchyma cells of the infected area of the leaf.

Leaf gall, Ficus religiosa, Ficus roxburghii, Hypertrophy, Hyperplasia, Mesophyll Cells

"Histopathological changes in leaf gall of Ficus species", International Journal of Emerging Technologies and Innovative Research (www.jetir.org), ISSN:2349-5162, Vol.7, Issue 6, page no.1792-1805, June 2020, Available :http://www.jetir.org/papers/JETIR2006587.pdf

"Histopathological changes in leaf gall of Ficus species", International Journal of Emerging Technologies and Innovative Research (www.jetir.org | UGC and issn Approved), ISSN:2349-5162, Vol.7, Issue 6, page no. pp1792-1805, June 2020, Available at : http://www.jetir.org/papers/JETIR2006587.pdf