Pollen viability

Binder, W.D., Mitchell, G.M. Ballantyne, D.J. (1974). Pollen viability testing, storage and related physiology. Canada Forestry Service, Pacific Forest Research Centre, Victoria, B.C. Report BC-X-105, pp. 1-37. 

Herrero, M.P. Johnson, R.R. (1980). High temperature stress and pollen viability of maize. Crop Science, 20, 796-800. 

Fei, S. and Nelson, E. (2003). Estimation of pollen viability, shedding pattern and longevity of creeping bentgrass on artificial media. Crop Science 43 2177-2181. Jimenez, J.J., Schultz, K., Anaya. A. L., Hernandez, J. and Espejo, O. (1983). 

The observation that j-3,4-methylene-(S)-proline (240a) isolated from Aesculus parviflora (the buckeye chestnut of the USA) had significant effects on pollen viability, has initiated renewed interest in the chemistry of this cyclic imino acid. Thus, 4-hydroxy-(S)-proline was converted 239) into (S)-3,4-diadehydroproline (239), and its N-trifuoroacetyl methylester was successfully reacted with diazomethane to yield, after deprotection, the desired target molecule (240a) as the major product. A minor product was fran -3,4-methylene-(S)-proline (240b) 240). 

Atlagic, J., Dozet, B., and Skoric, D., Meiosis and pollen viability in Helianthus tuberosus L. and its hybrids with cultivated sunflower, Plant Breeding, 111, 318-324, 1993. 

Chemicals that affect pollen viability have potential value to plant breeders for production of Fi hybrids and seed. The non-protein amino acid [1R- (lot, 2 5a) ] -3-azabicyclo [3.1.0] -hexane-... 

McLaren NW. Changes in pollen viability and concomitant increase in the incidence of sorghum ergot with flowering date and implication in selection for escape resistance. J Phytopathol 145 261-265, 1997. 

A tomato selection, 79N45, obtained from the Department of Vegetable Crops, University of California, Davis, showed no pollen viability after two hours at 50° C, which is the normal response of pollen of most commercial tomatoes. 

The phenylpropanoid pathway (Fig. 3.1) is responsible for the production of many natural products that are of interest in the context of plant growth and development, human health, and ecology. For example, flavonoids are necessary for pollen viability in maize and petunia, and have been suggested to play a role in directed auxin transport. Flavonoids and sinapate esters have been found to be important UV-protectants in many species, including Arabidopsis. Furthermore, wall-bound phenolics are thought to impart control over cell wall expansion, and hydroxycinnamic acids are an important structural component of the hydrophobic barrier polymer suberin. Finally, lignin is a phenylpropanoid polymer ubiquitous in higher plants, which is necessary for mechanical support and water transport. " ... 

Pollination (wind, insects, both, etc.), pollen dispersal, pollen viability... 

Webber, J.E. and S.D. Ross. 1995. Flower induction and pollen viability for western larch. Pp. 395-402 in W.C. Schmidt and K.J. McDonald (compilers). Ecology and management of Larix forests A look ahead. Proceedings of an international symposium, 5-9 Oct. 1992, Whitefish, Montana. 

Pinillos, V. Cuevas, J. Standardization of the fluorochromatic reaction test to assess pollen viability. BioiecJi. Histochem. 2008,83,15-21. 

Class, S. Braun, R Siegert, A. Fluorochromatic determination of pollen viability of Triticum aestivum L. evaluation of chemical hybridizing agents. Angew. Bot. 1989,63,1-6. 

Heslop-Harrison, J. Heslop-Harrison, Y. Evaluation of pollen viability by enzymically induced fluorescence intracellular hydrolysis of fluorescein diacetate. Stain Technol. 1970,45,115-120. 

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