scholarly journals The effects of stigma age on receptivity in Silene alba (Caryophyllaceae)

2002 ◽  
Vol 89 (8) ◽  
pp. 1237-1241 ◽  
Author(s):  
Helen J. Young ◽  
Lauren Gravitz
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Author(s):  
Patricia N. Hackney

Ustilago hordei and Ustilago violacea are yeast-like basidiomycete pathogens ofHordeum vulgare and Silene alba respectively. The mating type system in both species of Ustilago is bipolar, with alleles, A,a, (U.hordei) and a1, a2 (U.violacea) at a single locus. Haploid sporidia maintain the asexual phase by budding, while the sexual phase is initiated by conjugation tube formation between the mating types during budding and conjugation.For observation of budding, sporidia were prepared by culturing the four types on YEG (yeast extract glucose) broth for 24 hours. After centrifugation at 5000g cells were either left unmated or mated in a1/a2,A/a combinations. The sporidia were then mixed 1:1 with 4% agar and the resulting 1mm cubes fixed in 8% gluteraldehyde and post fixed in osmium tetroxide. After dehydration and embedding cubes were thin sectioned with a LKB ultratome and photographed in a Zeiss 9s transmission electron microscope or in an AE1 electron microscope of MK11 1MEV at the High Voltage Electron Microscopy Center of the University of Wisconsin-Madison.


1980 ◽  
Vol 19 (9) ◽  
pp. 1935-1937 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ria Heinsbroek ◽  
Jan Van Brederode ◽  
Gerrit Van Nigtevecht ◽  
Jan Maas ◽  
John Kamsteeg ◽  
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1979 ◽  
Vol 18 (4) ◽  
pp. 655-656 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jan van Brederode ◽  
Jean Chopin ◽  
John Kamsteeg ◽  
Gerrit van Nigtevecht ◽  
Ria Heinsbroek

1977 ◽  
Vol 57 (4) ◽  
pp. 1103-1114 ◽  
Author(s):  
J. McNEILL

A review is provided of information on the biology of Silene alba (Lychnis alba, Melandrium album), a weed species introduced from Eurasia, which occurs across the agricultural areas of Canada. A serious weed, especially of leguminous forage crops, white cockle is resistant to common herbicides such as 2,4-D and 2,4,5-T.


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