Cytological evidence for gametophytic self-incompatibility in the genus Veronica

Authors

ROMAIN SCALONE
DIRK ALBACH

DOI

10.3906/bot-1302-2

Abstract

The self-incompatibility (SI) of 3 Middle East Veronica species (V. filiformis, V. gentianoides, V. teucrium) is studied, for the first time, by pollination and pollen tube growth experiments. Cytological observations of the self-pollen tubes within the pistils permit a conclusion about the presence of a gametophytic SI system in the first 2 species. The investigated population of the third is self-compatible and confirms the facultative trait of its self-sterility. The presence of a gametophytic SI system in 2 of them suggests the putative conservation of this SI system within the genus Veronica (Plantaginaceae) and could be related to the well-known gametophytic SI system present in the other Plantaginaceae genus, Antirrhinum.

Keywords

Pollen tube growth experiment, gametophytic, self-incompatibility, Veronica

First Page

197

Last Page

201

Recommended Citation

SCALONE, ROMAIN and ALBACH, DIRK (2014) "Cytological evidence for gametophytic self-incompatibility in the genus Veronica," Turkish Journal of Botany: Vol. 38: No. 1, Article 20. https://doi.org/10.3906/bot-1302-2
Available at: https://journals.tubitak.gov.tr/botany/vol38/iss1/20