pollen character istics in some diospyros species

• DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.161593
• Publication Date: 2013-04-01
• Authors: Radovan Ostrovský; Ján Brindza; Olga Grygorieva; Olga Grabovetska; Svetlana Klymenko
• Keywords: hybrids; Diospyros lotus; Diospyros virginiana; morphological traits; pollen grains; Diospyros kaki

Aim of the work was to study the general characteristics and essential morphological traits of pollen grains viz the size, shape of pollen grains and number, form and position of apertures in Diospyros kaki L.f., D. virginiana L., D. lotus L. species and interspecies hybrid of D. virginiana × D. kaki. Significant differences were detected among the tested species and the interspecific hybrid as well as between individual genotypes of D. lotus , especially in the equatorial axis.