Claim · model-written summary
A high concentration of boron inhibited pollen germination and tube growth in Malus domestica.
- Taxon
- Malus domestica
Malus domesticat0 - Treatment
- a high concentration of borone1
- Outcome
- pollen germination and tube growthe1
- Direction
- inhibitede1
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Verbatim
e1“a high concentration of boron inhibited pollen germination and tube growth”
t0“Malus domestica”
Title
Boron Toxicity Causes Multiple Effects on Malus domestica Pollen Tube Growth
Kefeng Fang; Weiwei Zhang; Yu Xing; et al. Frontiers in Plant Science 2016. doi:10.3389/fpls.2016.00208
Other claims from this paper (7)
- Intervention effect A high concentration of boron led to morphological abnormality of Malus domestica pollen tubes.
- Intervention effect Boron toxicity could decrease the cytosolic calcium concentration [Ca(2+)]c in Malus domestica pollen tubes.
- Intervention effect Boron toxicity induced the disappearance of the [Ca(2+)]c gradient in Malus domestica pollen tubes.
- Intervention effect Actin filaments were altered by boron toxicity in Malus domestica pollen tubes.
- Intervention effect Boron toxicity influenced the accumulation and distribution of callose, de-esterified pectins and esterified pectins in Malus domestica pollen tubes.
- Intervention effect Boron toxicity influenced the accumulation and distribution of arabinogalactan proteins in Malus domestica pollen tubes.
- Mechanism The authors conclude that boron likely plays a structural and regulatory role in relation to [Ca(2+)]c, actin cytoskeleton and cell wall components, and thus regulates Malus domestica pollen germination and tube polar growth.