Effect of Pollen Storage Duration on Stainability, Fruit Set, and Physical Traits in Date Palm (Phoenix dactylifera L.) Cultivar ‘Mejhoul’ [PDF]
PlantsAsynchronous flowering between male and female date palms (Phoenix dactylifera L.) makes pollen storage a practical necessity for growers, especially for cultivars like ‘Mejhoul’, which require artificial pollination. This study examined the stainability
Ricardo Salomón-Torres +6 more
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Assessment of Cassava Pollen Viability and Ovule Fertilizability under Red-Light, 6-Benzyl Adenine, and Silver Thiosulphate Treatments [PDF]
PlantsUnderstanding pollen and ovule fertility as factors influencing fruit and seed set is important in cassava breeding. Extended daylength with red light (RL) and plant growth regulators (PGRs) have been used to induce flowering and fruit set in cassava ...
Mildred Ochwo-Ssemakula +2 more
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Male fertility restoration of tetrad pollen sterility in BC1 and its derived populations from Solanum verrucosum [PDF]
BMC Plant BiologyBackground Tetrad sterility-type cytoplasmic male sterility (T-CMS) is characterized by sterile pollen grains that stick together to form a tetrad-like structure (tetrad pollen).
Rena Sanetomo, Sana Okamoto-Suzuki
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Flower opening dynamics, pollen-ovule ratio, stigma receptivity and stigmatic pollen germination (in-vivo) in Chaenomeles speciosa (Sweet) Nakai [PDF]
Scientific ReportsAlthough Chaenomeles is widely used in horticulture, traditional Chinese medicine and landscape greening, insufficient research has hindered its breeding and seed selection.
Xianqin Wan, Dongchan Sun, Chao Gao
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Cytogenetic insights into the diversification of Calanthe: polyploidy, karyotype variation, and genome size evolution [PDF]
BMC Plant BiologyChanges in chromosome number and genome size arising from hybridization and polyploidization are major drivers of plant diversification. The orchid genus Calanthe, broadly distributed across tropical and subtropical Asia, is known to exhibit complex ...
Bokyung Choi +8 more
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Ploidy Level Influences Pollen Tube Growth and Seed Viability in Interploidy Crosses of Hydrangea macrophylla [PDF]
Frontiers in Plant Science, 2020 All Hydrangea macrophylla cultivars tested to date are diploid or triploid and triploid H. macrophylla have thicker stems, larger flowers, and larger stoma compared to related diploids.
Lisa Alexander
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Characterization of Male Flower Induction by Silver Thiosulfate Foliar Spray in Female Cannabis at the Middle Reproductive Stage for Breeding [PDF]
PlantsCannabis (Cannabis sativa) is a versatile crop belonging to the Cannabaceae family, and is dioecious, typically with separate male and female plants.
Juyoung Kim +7 more
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Ploidy-Dependent Effects of Light Stress on the Mode of Reproduction in the Ranunculus auricomus Complex (Ranunculaceae) [PDF]
Frontiers in Plant Science, 2020 Polyploidy in angiosperms is an influential factor to trigger apomixis, the reproduction of asexual seeds. Apomixis is usually facultative, which means that both sexual and apomictic seeds can be formed by the same plant.
Fuad Bahrul Ulum +3 more
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Meiotic behavior and diploidy in Schinus terebinthifolia (Anacardiaceae)
Rodriguésia, 2021 The genus Schinus (Anacardiaceae) comprises 30 species found in Peru, Bolivia, Chile, Paraguay, Uruguay, Argentina and Brazil. Schinus terebinthifolia (Brazilian pepper tree) is socioeconomically important in the Brazilian state of Espírito Santo.
Kamila Bernardi Izoton +3 more
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Morphological and Cytological Characterization of Five Porterweed (Stachytarpheta) Selections
HortScience, 2021 Porterweed (Stachytarpheta spp.), a member of the verbena family, is frequently used in pollinator gardens to attract butterflies. This study was conducted to assess the morphological features, pollen stainability and morphology, nuclear DNA content, and
Renjuan Qian +4 more
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