Anther dehiscence in two-rowed barley (Hordeum distichum) triggered by mechanical stimulation

Authors
Matsui, T Omasa, K Horie, T
Citation
T. Matsui et al., Anther dehiscence in two-rowed barley (Hordeum distichum) triggered by mechanical stimulation, J EXP BOT, 51(348), 2000, pp. 1319-1321
Citations number
17
Categorie Soggetti
Plant Sciences","Animal & Plant Sciences
Journal title
JOURNAL OF EXPERIMENTAL BOTANY
ISSN journal
00220957 → ACNP
Volume
51
Issue
348
Year of publication
2000
Pages
1319 - 1321
Database
ISI
SICI code
0022-0957(200007)51:348<1319:ADITB(>2.0.ZU;2-N
Abstract
Pricking or pressing an ovary can induce anther dehiscence in cleistogamous two-rowed barley in the absence of lodicule swelling. This response is con sidered to be inherited from a chasmogamous ancestor in which anther dehisc ence is induced by the stimulus given to the pistil by the lodicule swellin g, which causes floret opening.