this study was conducted to determine physiological and morphological variation of strains of the ectomycorrhizal fungus hebeloma cylindrosporum associated with pinus pinaster and its consequence on the symbiotic processes in coastal forests adjacent to bordeaux, south west france, from 2003-2005. mycelial cultures were conducted in the laboratory on a rich medium (ymg). diploid fungal strains ...

Statement of problem and methods employed . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 538 Pollen-tube growth in diploid plants . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Pollen-tube growth in tetraploid plants . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Tetraploid...

Global-scale data on the Oligocene to Recent planktic foraminifers and coccoliths from the tropical Pacific and Atlantic Oceans are employed for quantitative testing of alternative models (Red Queen and Stationary Hypotheses) of the relationship between speciation rates, extinction rates, taxonomic diversity, abiotic events, and history of the paleosystem. The results demonstrate that although ...

Increasing demand for vegetable oil and protein requires breeding efforts to enhance the yield of oilseed rape. This can be achieved by reducing seed cellulose, hemicellulose lignin content. The objective study was analyse important agronomic traits two distinct bulks genotypes from crosses, with low (6%) high content (10%). genotype were formed mixing seeds 12 doubled haploid lines either or s...

In order to produce doubled haploid lines of bread wheat resistant to strip or yellow rust, three F1 wheat hybrids were crossed using pollens of three maize hybrids. Out of 1071 pollinated florets, success in seed set ranged from 63.1% to 93.3% (mean 78%). Differences in seed set among the crosses were not significant. Embryo formation in the seeds developed on different crosses also varied fro...

Neurospora tetrasperma is naturally heterokaryotic, with cells possessing haploid nuclei of both a and A mating types. As a result, isolates are self-fertile (pseudohomothallic). Occasional homokaryotic ascospores and conidia arise, however, and they produce strains that are self-sterile and must outcross to complete sexual reproduction. Invariably, laboratory crosses employing sibling a and A ...