A novel method for efficient in vitro germination and tube growth of Arabidopsis thaliana pollen

New Phytologist

Volumn 197, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 668-679

  Rodriguez Enriquez, M J ^a   Mehdi, S ^b   Dickinson, H G ^b   Grant Downton, R T ^b  

^a UNIVERSIDAD DE LA LAGUNA   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Arabidopsis thaliana; Gametophyte; Germination; in vitro; Membrane; Pollen; Spermidine; Tip growth

Indexed keywords

4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID; CELLULOSE; SEPHAROSE; SPERMIDINE; SUCROSE;

BIOCHEMICAL COMPOSITION; DICOTYLEDON; FERTILITY; GAMETOPHYTE; GERMINATION; GROWTH RATE; MEMBRANE; MICROSCOPY; MOLECULAR ANALYSIS; MORPHOLOGY; POLLEN; REPRODUCTIVE BIOLOGY;

ARABIDOPSIS; ARTICLE; DRUG EFFECT; ECOTYPE; GERMINATION; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; METHODOLOGY; PH; PHYSIOLOGY; POLLEN TUBE; TEMPERATURE;

ARABIDOPSIS; CELLULOSE; ECOTYPE; GAMMA-AMINOBUTYRIC ACID; GERMINATION; HYDROGEN-ION CONCENTRATION; PHYSIOLOGY; POLLEN TUBE; SEPHAROSE; SPERMIDINE; SUCROSE; TEMPERATURE;

ARABIDOPSIS; ARABIDOPSIS THALIANA;

EID: 84871338187     PISSN: 0028646X     EISSN: 14698137     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/nph.12037     Document Type: Article

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