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The transmitting tissue of Nicotiana tabacum is not essential to pollen tube growth, and its ablation can reverse prezygotic interspecific barriers
The Nicotiana tabacum transmitting tissue is a highly specialized file of metabolically active cells that is the pathway for pollen tubes from the stigma to the ovules where fertilization occurs. It is thought to...
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A novel pollen tube growth assay utilizing a transmitting tract-ablated Nicotiana tabacum style
Sexual plant reproduction requires multiple pollen–pistil interactions from the stigma (pollen adhesion, hydration, and germination) to the ovary (fertilization). Understanding the factors that regulate pollen...
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Style morph frequencies in Minnesota populations of Lythrum (Lythraceae)
Style morph frequencies (short∶mid∶long) were determined for a total of n = 11 918 plants in 16 Minnesota populations of Lythrum salicaria L. Nine populations were in the establishment phase, with population size...