Occurrence of mono- or disaccharides and polysaccharide reserves in mature pollen grains

Sexual Plant Reproduction

Volumn 10, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 110-115

  Speranza, A ^a   Calzoni, G L ^a   Pacini, E ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SIENA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Desiccation tolerance; Pollen carbohydrates; Pollen viability; Reserves; Starch; Sucrose

Indexed keywords

EID: 0030918187     PISSN: 09340882     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s004970050076     Document Type: Article

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