Plant Diversity ›› 1991, Vol. 13 ›› Issue (03): 1-3.

• Articles •    

COMPARISON OF POLLEN MORPHOLOGY OF BRASSICA ALBOGLABRA AND SOME OTHER SPECIES OF THE GENUS BRASSICA

WEI Zhong-Xin   

  1. Kunming Institute of Botany, Academia Sinica
  • Online:1991-06-25 Published:1991-06-25

Abstract: Pollen grains of Brassica alboglabra Bailey, B. campestris L., B. oleracea var. botrytis L. and B. juncea (L.) Coss. were examined under LM and SEM. The result shows that the pollen morphology of those species and varieties above-mentioned is consistent basically, having subsphaeroidal to prolate 3-colpate pollen grains with coarsely reticulate exine sculpture; and the author disagree with Yang Ping etc^ view that the pollen grains in Brassica alboglabra are apolar, pantoporate and distinctly different from those of Brassica oleracea etc. of Brassica L.

Key words: Brassica