The Journal of Heredity 1942:33(5):187-190
© 1942 The American Genetic Association 33:187-190
research-article |
BIMODALITY OF CROWDED POLLEN TUBES IN PRIMULA OBCONICA
John Innes Horticultural Institution Merton, London
Abstract
In Primula obconka and other plants with dry stigma, excessive pollination leads to the arrest of late-growing pollen tubes in the top of the style. Thus the effect of crowding is to simulate partial incompatibility.