Since Darwinian times considerable knowledge has accumulated on the distribution,
physiology and genetics of self-incompatibility (SI) in higher plants. In the second half of this …

INTRODUCIION This monographic review on a fungus is not addressed to mycologists.
None of the authors has been trained or has otherwiseacquired a general proficiency in …

With the discovery and rediscovery of Mendel's laws of particulate inheritance, the
foundation was laid for understanding the meaning of nature's apparent insistence on cross …

Advances in plant cell molecular biology have considerably increased our understanding of
pollen-pistil barriers, particularly those operated by incompatibility mechanisms, and, at the …

In a very interesting book and a series of articles (two of which have appeared in this
journal) Sherwin Carlquist (1965, 1966a, b, c, d) has published his views on the biota of long …

Pollen grains are everywhere-in the air, in the water, in soil and in the food we eat. Pollen
has direct relevance in agriculture, horticulture, plant breeding, crop improvement and …

view than its own proper males should fecundate each blossom." ANDREW KNIGHT
Philosophical Transactions, 1799 Pollination mechanisms and reproduction have a decisive …

Darwin's studies on heterostyly in Primula described two floral morphs, pin and thrum, with
reciprocal anther and stigma heights that promote insect-mediated cross-pollination. This …

Evidence is given in support of the view that unilateral incompatibility in interspecific matings
of the type self incompatible (SI)♀ x self compatible (SC)♂ is of general occurrence …

Floral biology has received the attention of many investigators. Prominent among the early
students were Sprengel (402), Miiller (300) and Knuth (242). The monumental three-volume …