Male sterility is defined as the failure of plants to produce functional anthers, pollen, or male gametes. First documentation of male sterility came in 1763 when Kölreuter observed anther abortion within species and specific hybrids. It is more prevalent than female sterility, probably because, male sporophyte and gametophyte less protected from environment than ovule and embryo sac. Male ster...

Thirty-nine moss species occur on Kent Island, New Brunswick. Two-thirds of the moss species found on the island have mainly boreal ranges, which reflects the cool growing season and generally boreal character of the Bay of Fundy's vegetation. One species, Rhytidiadelphus loreus, has been recorded only once previously in the province. Most moss species showed distinctive habitat distributions. ...

PREMISE OF THE STUDY We characterize 10 microsatellite loci in the endangered fern Vandenboschia speciosa (Hymenophyllaceae), enabling studies on the genetic population structure of this Macaronesian-European species using DNA hypervariable markers. METHODS AND RESULTS Ten primer sets were developed and tested on 47 individuals in a total of two Iberian populations of V. speciosa. The primers...

The fern Blechnum sprucei grows in Mesoamerica (Costa Rica) and South America, from Colombia to Bolivia, SE and centre of Brazil, Paraguay and Argentina. It is a distinctive, somewhat vulnerable, mostly orophilous species. Fresh and dry herbarium material was used for this study. Herbarium material for anatomical studies comes from CTES, BA, LP, MA, SI and UC (Holmgren et al. 1990). Selected re...

Sea lettuce ( Ulva ) aquaculture has increased the last decade due to high productivity, wide environmental tolerance, and interesting functional nutritional properties of crop. Research focus mainly been on adult biomass production, but knowledge performance biochemical content early developmental stages – which are basis any large-scale production - is still limited. The life-history alternat...

Auxin is a key coordinative signal required for many aspects of plant development and its levels are controlled by auxin metabolism and intercellular auxin transport. Here we fi nd that a member of PIN auxin transporter family, PIN8 is expressed in male gametophyte of Arabidopsis thaliana and has a crucial role in pollen development and functionality. Ectopic expression in sporophytic tissues e...

Many studies on selective fertilization in maize, Zea mays L., have been reported since it was detected that genetic factor (s) linked to the de gene is responsible for distortion of segregation in F 2.2> On the other hand, some applications of the selective fertilization to maize breeding, i.e. prediction for combining abi lity of inbred lines or F1 seed production without using cytoplasmic ma...