Sporophytic control of pollen tube growth and guidance in maize

Journal of Experimental Botany

Volumn 61, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 673-682

  Lausser, Andreas ^a   Kliwer, Irina ^a   Srilunchang, Kanok Orn ^a   Dresselhaus, Thomas ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF REGENSBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Female gametophyte; Maize; Pollen tube guidance; Prezygotic barriers; Transmitting tract; Tripsacum

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; CYTOLOGY; FLOWER; GERMINATION; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; HISTOLOGY; INBREEDING; MAIZE; PHYSIOLOGY; PLANT SEED; POLLEN TUBE; POLLINATION;

GERM CELLS, PLANT; GERMINATION; INBREEDING; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; POLLEN TUBE; POLLINATION; SEEDS; ZEA MAYS;

TRIPSACUM; ZEA MAYS;

EID: 70450173988     PISSN: 00220957     EISSN: 14602431     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/jxb/erp330     Document Type: Article

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