Book contents
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Contributors
- Foreword
- Preface
- 1 Pollen biology and pollen biotechnology: an introduction
- Part I Pollen biology: an overview
- Part II Pollen biotechnology and optimization of crop yield
- Part III Pollen biotechnology and hybrid seed production
- Part IV Pollen biotechnology and plant breeding
- 12 Barriers to hybridization
- 13 Methods for overcoming interspecific crossing barriers
- 14 Storage of pollen
- 15 Mentor effects in pistil-mediated pollen–pollen interactions
- 16 Pollen tube growth and pollen selection
- 17 Isolation and manipulation of sperm cells
- 18 Isolation and micromanipulation of the embryo sac and egg cell in maize
- 19 In vitro fertilization with single isolated gametes
- 20 Pollen embryos
- 21 Use of pollen in gene transfer
- Index
15 - Mentor effects in pistil-mediated pollen–pollen interactions
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 11 September 2009
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Contributors
- Foreword
- Preface
- 1 Pollen biology and pollen biotechnology: an introduction
- Part I Pollen biology: an overview
- Part II Pollen biotechnology and optimization of crop yield
- Part III Pollen biotechnology and hybrid seed production
- Part IV Pollen biotechnology and plant breeding
- 12 Barriers to hybridization
- 13 Methods for overcoming interspecific crossing barriers
- 14 Storage of pollen
- 15 Mentor effects in pistil-mediated pollen–pollen interactions
- 16 Pollen tube growth and pollen selection
- 17 Isolation and manipulation of sperm cells
- 18 Isolation and micromanipulation of the embryo sac and egg cell in maize
- 19 In vitro fertilization with single isolated gametes
- 20 Pollen embryos
- 21 Use of pollen in gene transfer
- Index
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- Pollen Biotechnology for Crop Production and Improvement , pp. 315 - 332Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 1997
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