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Average elongation rate of pollen tubes after in vitro pollination

Range	6.5-9 mm/hour
Organism	Corn Zea mays
Reference	I. Dupuis, C. Dumas, In vitro pollination as a model for studying fertilization in maize (Zea mays L.) Sexual Plant Reproduction November 1989, Volume 2, Issue 4, pp 265-269 p.266 right column top paragraph
Comments	"Fertilization takes place between 4 and 7h after in vitro pollination of 4.5-cm-long silks (Fig. 1), which corresponds to an average elongation rate of the pollen tubes of 6.5-9 mm/h."
Entered by	Uri M
ID	110314