Percent of eggs out of gametophytes produced after spray with ethylene releasing compound

Value 98 %
Organism Sellaginella wallacei
Reference Brooks KE. Reproductive Biology of Selaginella: I. Determination of Megasporangia by 2-Chloroethylphosphonic Acid, an Ethylene-releasing Compound. Plant Physiol. 1973 Apr51(4):pp. 719 Table 1PubMed ID16658398
Method clumps of Selaginella wallacei sprayed with ethylene-releasing compound (Ethephon), at 76.5 mg/liter
Comments megaspores are gametophytes bearing eggs. microspores are gametophytes bearing sperm. Controls produced 26.3 percent megaspores
Entered by Uri M
ID 102613