Fast pollen tube growth in Conospermum species

Annals of Botany

Volumn 93, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 369-378

  Stone, L M ^a   Seaton, K A ^b   Kuo, J ^c   McComb, J A ^a  

^a MURDOCH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE AND FOOD WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

Calcium channel blockers; Multiple pollen tubes; Pollen germination rate; Pollen ultrastructure; Smokebush

Indexed keywords

POLLEN;

CONOSPERMUM; COTINUS COGGYGRIA; PROTEACEAE;

CALCIUM CHANNEL BLOCKING AGENT; SUCROSE;

ARTICLE; CELL NUCLEUS; CELL WALL; CYTOPLASM; DRUG EFFECT; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; FLOWER; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; PHYSIOLOGY; POLLEN; PROTEACEAE; TIME; TRANSPORT AT THE CELLULAR LEVEL; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

BIOLOGICAL TRANSPORT; CALCIUM CHANNEL BLOCKERS; CELL NUCLEUS; CELL WALL; CYTOPLASM; FLOWERS; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON; POLLEN; PROTEACEAE; SUCROSE; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 2442716669     PISSN: 03057364     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/aob/mch050     Document Type: Article

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