Studies on the fertility of pollen of the broad bean, Vicia faba L

Y. INOUE, Y. SUZUKI
1960 Engei Gakkai zasshi  
Studies on the fertility of pollen of the broad bean, Vicia faba L. Summary This paper deals with the results of germination tests of pollen in broad bean. Four varieties, Osaka Issun, Ryosai, Kyurya and Saitama Wase, were used in spring, and one variety, Izu Wase, was used autumn in 1958. 1. The artificial medium containing 1% agar and 10% sucrose was most suitable for the pollen ger mination (i.e., for germination percentage and elon gation of pollen tubes) and the optimum hydrogen o n
more » ... ration was 7.0. But it seems that fa vourable ranges of the three factors were not strict ly restricted, but were pretty wide. 2. The varietal differences in germination per centage of pollen were hardly recognized among the four varieties used in the spring tests. 3. The suitable temperatures for the pollen ger
doi:10.2503/jjshs.29.7 fatcat:3hyecvrmkrhubn2izgvmkj5wr4