Pollen Tube and Plant Reproduction

Giampiero Cai; Stefano Del Duca

doi:10.3390/ijms20030531

Pollen Tube and Plant Reproduction

Int J Mol Sci. 2019 Jan 27;20(3):531. doi: 10.3390/ijms20030531.

Authors

Giampiero Cai¹, Stefano Del Duca²

Affiliations

¹ Department of Life Sciences, University of Siena, 53100 Siena, Italy. giampiero.cai@unisi.it.
² Department of Biological, Geological and Environmental Sciences, Alma Mater Studiorum University of Bologna, 40126 Bologna, Italy. stefano.delduca@unibo.it.

Abstract

The pollen tube was a fundamental step forward in the evolution of terrestrial plants; in fact, it allowed plants to liberate themselves from water demand during reproduction [...].

Publication types

Editorial

MeSH terms

Plant Physiological Phenomena*
Pollen Tube / growth & development*
Reproduction