TY  - JOUR
TI  - Stigmatic cuticle in Hedysarum glomeratum: structure and function
AU  - De las Heras, MA
AU  - Hidalgo, PJ
AU  - Ubera, JL
T2  - The International Journal of Developmental Biology
AB  - Plants of Hedysarum glomeratum F.G. Dietrich are self-compatible and fail to set seeds when protected from pollinators although its flowers are homogamous. Nevertheless, the stigma becomes receptive and self-pollination takes places if it is subjected to mechanical damage. In an ultraestructural study, we can appreciate that secretory products of the stigma are held beneath a cuticle even in very mature untouched stigmas. These products are not released to support pollen germination until the cuticle is broken. This mechanical barrier could prevent the spontaneous self-pollination whereas a pollinator does not visit the plant. Only when pollinators visit the flowers, both self and cross-pollination are possible. This mechanical system avoids to a large degree self-pollination in this annual herb.
PY  - 2001
VL  - 45
IS  - S1
SP  - S41
EP  - S42
J2  - Int. J. Dev. Biol.
LA  - en
SN  - 0214-6282
SN  - 1696-3547
UR  - https://ijdb.ehu.eus/article/01450041
Y2  - 2024/11/21/18:16:47
ER  -