Pollen has higher water content when dispersed in a tricellular state than in a bicellular state
ABSTRACT Pollen is generally dispersed in a sexually immature and somewhat dehydrated, metabolically quiescent state. Yet, in some species, pollen at anthesis is well-hydrated and metabolically active, and in 30 % of angiosperms pollen is dispersed after having formed its sperm cells. Pollen water c...
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| Language: | English |
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Sociedade Botânica do Brasil
2018-07-01
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| Series: | Acta Botânica Brasílica |
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| Online Access: | http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0102-33062018000300454&lng=en&tlng=en |