Oxygen Tension as a Control Mechanism in Pollen Tube Rupture
- 18 August 1967
- journal article
- research article
- Published by American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) in Science
- Vol. 157 (3790) , 833-834
- https://doi.org/10.1126/science.157.3790.833
Abstract
The decrease in stylar pO2 encountered by pollen as it approaches the ovary can induce bursting of pollen tube tips. Anaerobic conditions induced a high percentage of tube tip bursting in most pollen germinated in vitro. Changes in tube tip metabolism with decreased oxygen probably sets up cell wall stress resulting in pollen tube rupture.This publication has 3 references indexed in Scilit:
- Measurement of oxygen tension changes in the style during pollen tube growthPlanta, 1966
- The morphology and anatomy of the stigma of Petunia hybridaPlanta, 1966
- Physiology of Cell Wall GrowthAnnual Review of Plant Physiology, 1950