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The Long Journey of Pollen Tube in the Pistil

International Journal of Molecular Sciences, 2018
In non-cleistogamous plants, the male gametophyte, the pollen grain is immotile and exploits various agents, such as pollinators, wind, and even water, to arrive to a receptive stigma. The complex process of pollination involves a tubular structure, i.e.,
Yang Zheng, Xian-Ju Lin, Huimin Liang, Fangfei Wang, Li-Yu Chen   +4 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Friables and embryogenic callus induction from embryo, ovule and style of citrus rootstocks : [P97] [PDF]

, 2008
The incorporation of new technologies such as in vitro selection and protoplast fusion methods into citrus improvement programs offers new opportunities to facilitate, expedite, and fully utilize germplasm variability for both scion and rootstock ...
Arsalan, N., Benazzouz, Abdelkader, Beniken, Lhou, Benyahia, Hamid, Handaji, Najat, Ollitrault, Patrick, Talha, Abdelhak   +6 more
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The Cinderella tree, Quillaja saponaria – A soap story

PLANTS, PEOPLE, PLANET, EarlyView.
Our current understanding of plants has been shaped by the entwining of different cultures. The Chilean soapbark tree, traditionally valued as a source of natural soap, was shown by serendipitous research in France in the 1900s to produce compounds that can boost the immune response to vaccines.
Anne Osbourn
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The influence of heterostyly, pollination method and hormonization on eggplant's (Solanum melongena L.) flowering and fruiting

Acta Agrobotanica, 2013
The experiment was carried out in a three unheated plastic tunnels in 1998-2000. The aim of this study was to estimate the effects of flower's heterostyly and two methods of flower pollination (self-pollination and using bumble-bee) as well as flower ...
Grażyna Kowalska
doaj   +1 more source

Are crop yields limited by pollinators? Proper assessments using pollinator gradients require measurements of flower density and yield potential

Functional Ecology, EarlyView.
Read the free Plain Language Summary for this article on the Journal blog. Abstract It is widely documented that many crops depend on animal—and primarily insect—pollination, but the degree to which pollinators limit yield in comparison with other factors is poorly understood.
Stan Chabert, James H. Cane, Bernard E. Vaissière, Rachel E. Mallinger   +3 more
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Molecular Research Progress on Gametophytic Self-Incompatibility in Rosaceae Species

Horticulturae
Self-incompatibility (SI) is a complex mechanism that prevents plants from self-fertilizing to preserve and promote genetic variability. The angiosperm species have developed two different SI systems, the sporophytic (SSI) and the gametophytic (GSI ...
Daouda Coulibaly, Feng Gao, Yang Bai, Kenneth Omondi Ouma, Augustine Antwi-Boasiako, Pengyu Zhou, Shahid Iqbal, Amadou Apho Bah, Xiao Huang, Sabaké Tianégué Diarra, Silas Segbo, Faisal Hayat, Zhihong Gao   +12 more
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Nocturnal Lepidopterans as Essential Pollinators of Aspidosperma pyrifolium (Apocynaceae), a Keystone Tree in the Caatinga Dry Forest

Journal of Applied Entomology, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Pollination is a key ecosystem service, yet most studies focus on diurnal interactions, often overlooking nocturnal pollinators such as hawkmoths and settling moths. In arid environments, nocturnal pollination plays a crucial role in maintaining native plant species of high biocultural value, as seen in the Caatinga dry forest.
Joel A. Queiroz, Arthur Domingos‐Melo, Zelma G. M. Quirino, Isabel C. S. Machado   +3 more
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Pistil Smut Infection Increases Ovary Production, Seed Yield Components, and Pseudosexual Reproductive Allocation in Buffalograss

Plants, 2014
Sex expression of dioecious buffalograss [Bouteloua dactyloides Columbus (syn. Buchloë dactyloides (Nutt.) Engelm.)] is known to be environmentally stable with approximate 1:1, male to female, sex ratios.
Ambika Chandra, David R. Huff
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Development of a high-density linkage map and mapping of the three-pistil gene (Pis1) in wheat using GBS markers

BMC Genomics, 2017
The wheat mutant line three-pistil (TP) exhibits three pistils per floret. As TP normally has two or three seeds in each of the florets on the same spike, there is the possibility of increasing the number of grains per spike.
Zaijun Yang, Zhenyong Chen, Zhengsong Peng, Yan Yu, M. Liao, Shuhong Wei   +5 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

THESEUS1 is a component of the receptor complex for establishing polytubey block in Arabidopsis

Journal of Integrative Plant Biology, EarlyView.
THESEUS1 (THE1) is a component of the CrRLK1L‐RALF signaling complex specifically responsible for establishing the polytubey block at the Arabidopsis septum. Genetic and biochemical analyses demonstrate that THE1, together with FERONIA, ANJ and HERK1, forms a receptor complex that senses pollen tube‐derived RALF peptides, thereby establishing a barrier
Qiyun Li, Xuefei Li, Sufan Yuan, Zhihui Feng, Li‐Jia Qu, Sheng Zhong   +5 more
wiley   +1 more source