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Science 22 April 1977:
Vol. 196. no. 4288, pp. 436 - 438
DOI: 10.1126/science.196.4288.436
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Incompatibility on Brassica Stigmas Is Overcome by Treating Pollen with Cycloheximide

THOMAS E. FERRARI 1 and D. H. WALLACE 1

1 Department of Plant Breeding and Biometry and Department of Vegetable Crops, Cornell University, Ithaca, New York 14853

Pollen of Brassica exhibited strong self-incompatibility. It did not germinate on, adhere to, or extend into the stigmatic tissues of the female parent plant. In contrast, pollen that had been treated with cycloheximide germinated on and penetrated into self-stigmas to the same degree as untreated pollen placed on crossstigmas (compatible). Germ tubes from cycloheximide-treated pollen did not continue growth through stylar tissues and therefore were unable to effect fertilization.

Submitted on July 29, 1976
Revised on October 6, 1976

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