Male sterility and anther wall structure in Copper-deficient plants
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Dell, B. (1981) Male sterility and anther wall structure in Copper-deficient plants. Annals of Botany, 48 (5). pp. 599-608.
Link to Published Version: http://aob.oxfordjournals.org/content/48/5/599
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Abstract
Anther development and pollen sterility were followed in plants of wheat, oat, barley, sweetcorn, sunflower, petunia and subterraneum clover grown at a range of copper supplies. Copper-deficient plants had increased pollen sterility.
Lignified wall thickenings were reduced or absent in the endothecia of anthers from Cu-deficient plants. Reduced seed set may result both from reduced pollen fertility or failure of the stomia to rupture due to decreased lignification of anther walls.
| Item Type: | Journal Article |
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| Murdoch Affiliation(s): | School of Environmental and Life Sciences |
| Publisher: | Oxford University Press |
| Copyright: | 1981 Annals of Botany Company |
| URI: | http://researchrepository.murdoch.edu.au/id/eprint/21017 |
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