Chinese Bulletin of Botany ›› 2003, Vol. 20 ›› Issue (03): 270-279.

• 综述与专论 • Previous Articles     Next Articles

The Construction of Cell Wall and Cytoplasmic Movements in Pollen Tubes

HAO Huai-Qing WANG Qin-Li CHEN Yan-Mei HU Yu-Xi LIN Jin-Xing   

  1. (Key Laboratory of Plant Photosynthesis and Molecular Environment Physiology, Institute of Botany, The Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100093)
  • Received:2002-10-11 Revised:2002-11-27 Online:2003-06-20 Published:2003-06-20
  • Contact: HAO Huai-Qing

Abstract: Pollen tubes are the polarized tip-growing system that delivers the male gametes towards the ovaries, which is very essential for sexual reproduction in higher plants. The process of pollen tube growth involves many aspects, especially the synthesis of cell wall and the cytoplasmic movements. The present paper reviews the construction and constitutes of pollen tube wall, the migration of generative cell and vegetative nucleus, as well as the movements of organelles and secretory vesicles in pollen tubes.