This image shows what pollen looks like with Acinetobacter, a genus of bacteria common in flowers. Many of the pollen grains are germinating and bursting. (Shawn Christensen, UC Davis) Certain species ...

Rapid alkalinization factors (RALFs) are required for pollen tube germination and elongation, an essential process in plant fertilization. But their role in monocot plants remains unexplored.

Hydration of pollen of Narcissus pseudonarcissus was retarded and germination blocked in media with supra-optimal concentrations of osmoticum. Activation of the grains, expressed in circulatory ...

Pollen development -- Pollen morphology and aeropalynology -- Pollen viability and vigour -- In-vitro pollen germination and pollen tube growth -- Pollen sterility -- Pistil -- Pollination -- ...

DURHAM, North Carolina -- When forest biologist Claire Williams boards ferries bound for North Carolina's Outer Banks, the barrier islands that line the NC coast, ferry captains call her the "Pollen ...

Certain species of floral bacteria can enhance pollen germination, finds the first study documenting induction and stimulation of pollen germination by non-plants. Certain species of floral bacteria ...

Certain species of floral bacteria can enhance pollen germination, according to a study published today from the University of California, Davis in the journal Current Biology. Acinetobacter is a ...