Effects of reduced, ambient, and enhanced UV-B radiation on pollen germination and pollen tube growth of six alpine meadow annual species

Environmental and Experimental Botany

Volumn 57, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 296-302

  Wang, Ying ^a   Zhang, Na ^a   Qiang, Weiya ^a   Xiong, Zhiyuan ^a   Du, Guozhen ^a  

^a LANZHOU UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Pollen germination; Pollen tube growth; Qinghai Tibet Plateau; UV B radiation

Indexed keywords

GERMINATION; GROWTH RATE; OZONE DEPLETION; POLLEN; ULTRAVIOLET B RADIATION; WEED;

ASIA; CHINA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; GANNAN; GANSU; QINGHAI-XIZANG PLATEAU;

ELSHOLTZIA; FABACEAE; LAMIACEAE; MAGNOLIOPHYTA; MALVA; MALVACEAE; PLANTAGINACEAE; PLANTAGO; PLANTAGO DEPRESSA; POA; POA ANNUA; POACEAE; POLYGONACEAE; POLYGONUM; POLYGONUM AVICULARE; VICIA SATIVA SUBSP. NIGRA;

EID: 33745655420     PISSN: 00988472     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.envexpbot.2005.06.011     Document Type: Article

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