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1Departamento de Genética, Facultad de Ciencias, Universidad Complutense, Madrid, Spain.
Abstract:
To contribute to knowledge on the significance of B chromosomes in rye populations, a component of fertility has been estimated by a comparative study of germination and growth of pollen tubes in plants with and without B chromosomes. The highest percentage germination of pollen and mean speed of pollen tube growth was shown by 14 + 2B plants, followed by normal plants.Observations of first pollen mitosis indicated that in most cases the chromatid constitution of the tube nucleus was the same in 14, 14 + 1 and 14 + 2B plants. In contrast, the mean growth rate of pollen tubes differed significantly among the three cases. From these data it seems that the determination of germination ability and pollen tube growth depends on the sporophyte and is related to the number of Bs carried by the plant.
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