Comparison of microstructure, pollen tube growth pattern and starch content in developing and abortive ovary during progamic phase in hazel

In Northeast China, a high frequency of ovary abortion contributes to serious losses in yield of hazelnut. The development of pistillate inflorescences and fruit clusters of four large-fruited hybrid hazel cultivars and the small-fruited Corylus heterophylla were used to study ovary abortion and its...

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Main Authors: Jianfeng eLiu, Huidi eZhang, Yunqing eCheng, Ju eWang, Yixin eZhao, Wanting eGeng
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2014-10-01
Series:Frontiers in Plant Science
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Online Access:http://journal.frontiersin.org/Journal/10.3389/fpls.2014.00528/full