Toxicity screening of mouthwashes in the pollen tube growth test: safety assessment of recommended dilutions.

Effects of Copper and Leadon Pollen Germination Traits in Almond Cultivars

There is minimal information about the effect of heavy metals such as lead and copper on pollen grains and pollen tubes of fruit trees. Fruit set of these plants are affected by different environmental, biological, physical and chemical factors. If one of these factors be abnormal, pollination, fertilization and fruit set and orchard yield will decrease. In polluted cities, this phenomenon is a...

Self-incompatibility in the Iranian Almond Cultivar ‘Mamaei’ Using Pollen Tube Growth, Fruit Set and PCR Technique

Self-incompatibility has been studied by using controlled pollination, pollen tube growth and PCR methods in the Iranian almond ‘Mamaei.’. Pollen tube growth and fruit set following self and cross-pollination treatments were evaluated. The percentage of initial and final fruit set was determined for each treatment at 30 and 60 days after controlled pollination. Pollen germination and pollen ...

Antibacterial effect of water-soluble chitosan on representative dental pathogens Streptococcus mutans and Lactobacilli brevis

UNLABELLED Dental caries is still a major oral health problem in most industrialized countries. The development of dental caries primarily involves Lactobacilli spp. and Streptococcus mutans. Although antibacterial ingredients are used against oral bacteria to reduce dental caries, some reports that show partial antibacterial ingredients could result in side effects. OBJECTIVES The main objec...

The effect of supplementary hand pollination on fruit set and pollen tube growth in apple

Investigating the Safety of Bee Pollen on Performance, Oxidative Stress and Histopathological Changes in the Liver, Kidney and Pancreas of Rats

Objective: The therapeutic effects of bee pollen have been proven in various studies, but toxicity studies in this field are limited. Therefore, in this study the possible toxicity effects of hydroalcoholic extract of flower pollen on liver, kidney and pancreatic tissues of male rats was investigated. Methods: Fourteen male rats were divided into two groups of seven: the first group received 8...