Pollen tube development in two species of Trithuria (Hydatellaceae) with contrasting breeding systems

Sexual Plant Reproduction

Volumn 25, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 83-96

  Taylor, Mackenzie L ^a   Williams, Joseph H ^b  

^a CREIGHTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE   (United States)

Author keywords

Breeding system; Dioecy; Hydatellaceae; Pollen tube growth rate; Progamic phase; Self fertilization

Indexed keywords

CALLOSE; GLUCAN;

ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; BREEDING; CYTOLOGY; ECOSYSTEM; FLOWER; GERMINATION; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; HISTOLOGY; METABOLISM; MITOSIS; NYMPHAEACEAE; PHYSIOLOGY; POLLEN TUBE; REPRODUCTION; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; TIME;

BREEDING; ECOSYSTEM; FLOWERS; GERMINATION; GLUCANS; MITOSIS; NYMPHAEACEAE; POLLEN TUBE; REPRODUCTION; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; TIME FACTORS; WESTERN AUSTRALIA;

HYDATELLACEAE; MAGNOLIOPHYTA; NYMPHAEALES; TRITHURIA; TRITHURIA SUBMERSA;

EID: 84862777280     PISSN: 09340882     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00497-012-0183-6     Document Type: Article

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