Anthropogenic perturbations including habitat loss and emerging disease are changing
pollinator communities and generating novel selection pressures on plant populations …

Background Bee pollen, a honeybee product, is the feed for honeybees prepared
themselves by pollens collecting from plants and has been consumed as a perfect food in …

Introduction An efficient and reliable method to estimate plant cell viability, especially of
pollen, is important for plant breeding research and plant production processes. Pollen …

Accurate identification and quantification of pollens (eg, pollen of a flower, airborne pollens)
is essential to understand plant pollination and reproductive biology, pollen aerobiology …

Background Low pollen viability may limit grapevine yield under certain conditions, causing
relevant economic losses to grape-growers. It is usually evaluated by the quantification of …

Solanaceae pollen cryopreservation is a common practice in the hybrid seed production
industry worldwide, enabling effective hybridization across geographical and seasonal …

Pollen size is often used as a biological parameter to estimate the ploidy and viability of
mature pollen grains. In general, pollen size quantification is performed one-or two …

Cassava breeding is hampered by high flower abortion rates that prevent efficient
recombination among promising clones. To better understand the factors causing flower …

Hybridization is a creative evolutionary force, increasing genomic diversity and facilitating
adaptation and even speciation. Hybrids often face significant challenges to establishment …

Polymorphic chromosomal rearrangements can bind hundreds of genes into single genetic
loci with diverse effects. Rearrangements are often associated with local adaptation and …