Pollen viability of Polygala paniculata L. (Polygalaceae) using different staining methods



Título del documento: Pollen viability of Polygala paniculata L. (Polygalaceae) using different staining methods
Revista: Biocell
Base de datos: PERIÓDICA
Número de sistema: 000366028
ISSN: 0327-9545
Autores: 1
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Instituciones: 1Universidade Federal de Santa Maria, Centro de Ciencias da Naturais e Exatas, Santa Maria, Rio Grande do Sul. Brasil
2University of Liege, Centre for Protein Engineering, Lieja. Bélgica
Año:
Periodo: Dic
Volumen: 36
Número: 3
Paginación: 143-145
País: Argentina
Idioma: Inglés
Tipo de documento: Nota breve o noticia
Enfoque: Experimental, analítico
Resumen en inglés Polygala paniculata L. is a medicinal plant that grows in the Brazilian Atlantic coast, known as ‘barba-de-São-João’, ‘barba-de-bode’, ‘vassourinha branca’, and ‘mimosa’. In this study, pollen viability was estimated by three different staining methods: 2% acetic orcein, 2% acetic carmine, and Alexander’s stain. The young inflorescences of twenty accessions were collected and fixed in a solution of ethanol: acetic acid (3:1) for 24 hours, then stored in ethanol 70% under refrigeration. Six slides per plant, two for each stain, were prepared by squashing, and 300 pollen grains per slide were analyzed. Pollen viability was high (>70%) for most accessions of P. paniculata using the Alexander’s stain, which proved the most adequate method to estimate pollen viability
Disciplinas: Biología
Palabras clave: Anatomía e histología,
Botánica,
Polen,
Polygala paniculata,
Polygalaceae,
Técnicas de tinción,
Viabilidad
Keyword: Biology,
Anatomy and histology,
Botany,
Pollen,
Polygala paniculata,
Polygalaceae,
Staining techniques,
Viability
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