Pollen development and multi-nucleate microspores of Populus bolleana Lauche  

作　　者：ZHANG Zheng-hai KANG Xiang-yang WANG Shang-de LI Dai-li CHEN Hong-wei 

机构地区：[1]Key Laboratory for Genetics and Breeding of Forest Trees and Ornamental Plants of Ministry of Education, Beijing Forestry University, Beijing 100083, R R. China [2]Institute of Integrative Agricultural Development, Beijing Academy of Agricultural and Forestry Sciences, Beijing 100089, R R. China

出　　处：《Forestry Studies in China》2008年第2期107-111,共5页中国林学（英文版）

基　　金：supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China(Grant No.30471407);the Graduate Student Foundation of Beijing Forestry University(No.0@008).

摘　　要：Populus bolleana is a variety of P. alba, commonly used in poplar breeding programs in China. Developmental biology that involves staminate flowers, microsporogenesis and microgametogenesis ofP. bolleana is essential for Populus improvement in cross breeding for better characteristics in sexual reproduction. Flower morphology and pollen development were described and illustrated using anatomical, sectioning and stain-clearing techniques. The results show that microsporocytes undergo a regular meiotic process, but some multi-nucleate microspores occur at the microspore stage. It takes five days for microsporocytes to develop to mature pollen by forcing flower branches under greenhouse conditions. Additionally, an important relationship was found between stages of meiosis and anther colors. Microspore tetrads formed when the anther color turned yellow, whereas, when the pollen matured, the anther was red and the tapetum degenerated completely. When mature pollen grains are formed, flower buds develop into male catkins. In the end, filament elongated and pollen grains were released from dehisced anthers.Populus bolleana is a variety of P. alba, commonly used in poplar breeding programs in China. Developmental biology that involves staminate flowers, microsporogenesis and microgametogenesis ofP. bolleana is essential for Populus improvement in cross breeding for better characteristics in sexual reproduction. Flower morphology and pollen development were described and illustrated using anatomical, sectioning and stain-clearing techniques. The results show that microsporocytes undergo a regular meiotic process, but some multi-nucleate microspores occur at the microspore stage. It takes five days for microsporocytes to develop to mature pollen by forcing flower branches under greenhouse conditions. Additionally, an important relationship was found between stages of meiosis and anther colors. Microspore tetrads formed when the anther color turned yellow, whereas, when the pollen matured, the anther was red and the tapetum degenerated completely. When mature pollen grains are formed, flower buds develop into male catkins. In the end, filament elongated and pollen grains were released from dehisced anthers.

关 键 词：flower morphology MEIOSIS MICROSPOROGENESIS multi-nucleate microspores Populus bolleana Lauche 

分 类 号：Q949.1[生物学—植物学]