Transfer of material through the microspore exine - From the loculus into the cytoplasm

Canadian Journal of Botany

Volumn 81, Issue 11, 2003, Pages 1070-1082

  Rowley, John R ^a   Skvarla, John J ^b   El Ghazaly, Gamal ^c  

^a STOCKHOLM UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA   (United States)

^c SWEDISH MUSEUM OF NATURAL HISTORY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Betula; Epilobium; Exine; Fuchsia; Gaura; Gelsemium; Lopezia; Microchannels; Pollen; Tapetum; Tufts; Viscin threads

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; COLLOIDS; IRON; NUTRITION;

CONDUCTING CHANNELS;

PLANTS (BOTANY);

ULTRASTRUCTURE;

BETULA; EPILOBIUM; FUCHSIA; GAURA; GELSEMIUM; LOPEZIA;

EID: 0345832093     PISSN: 00084026     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/b03-095     Document Type: Review

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