| Literature DB >> 16659912 |
M Chen1, F A Loewus.
Abstract
Germinating Lilium longiflorum pollen absorbs and metabolizes myo-inositol-2-(3)H (MI-2-(3)H) with a pronounced lag when label is supplied from the beginning of germination. If MI-2-(3)H is given after 3 hours of germination, incorporation of labeled metabolic products into pollen tube polysaccharides is constant over a range of 0.56 mm to 2.78 mm MI. When MI-2-(3)H is supplied as a 0.5-hour pulse 3 hours after germination, the proper precursor-product relationship to tube wall polysaccharides is observed. Replacing 10% of the germination media with sigmatic exudate from a compatible cultivar hastens germination and tube elongation. Enhanced MI metabolism accompanies tube growth in this exudate-enriched media.Entities:
Year: 1977 PMID: 16659912 PMCID: PMC542467 DOI: 10.1104/pp.59.4.653
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Plant Physiol ISSN: 0032-0889 Impact factor: 8.340