almond is one of the most important species of genus prunus. most almond cultivars and genotypes are self-incompatible and some of others are cross-incompatible. in this study compatibility and frequency pollen tube penetrate in the ovary were performed in three groups. the first group included the genotype a9.7 as female parent and tuono with genotypes a230, a10.11, a8.39 as male parents, the ...

Pollen pistil interaction studies were carried out in six sunnhemp genotypes. viability percentage of the genotypes ranged from 0.0 to 93.5% and pollen germination 84.0% at four different floral stages starting bud opening a flower. The viable grains present later three flower for globose type anthers, while two heart shaped anthers. Stigma receptivity was high very during S3 S4 stages. Artific...

The reference to ethnicity in the 2012 National Suicide Prevention Strategy for England (1) is mainly with regard to promoting mental health in Black and Minority Ethnic (BME) groups. However, there is little detailed information about any specific strategy to reduce suicide rates in BME groups. The Suicide Prevention Strategy and Action Plan for Northern Ireland has only one brief reference re...

The decline in religious identification and corresponding increase in the unaffiliated has been one of the most important religious changes in the United Kingdom (UK). The emergence of the “religious nones” is the most obvious sign of continuing secularization and the declining social and cultural relevance of religion. Yet while the religiously-unaffiliated often form the plurality — if not so...

Honey bee workers (Apis mellifera) consume a variety of pollens to meet the majority of their requirements for protein and lipids. Recent work indicates that honey bees prefer diets that reflect the proper ratio of nutrients necessary for optimal survival and homeostasis. This idea relies on the precept that honey bees evaluate the nutritional composition of the foods provided to them. While th...

The pistil is the specialized plant organ that enables appropriate pollination and ovule fertilization, after which it undergoes growth and differentiation to become a fruit. However, in most species, if ovules are not fertilized around anthesis the pistil irreversibly loses its growth capacity. We used physiological, molecular, and transcriptomic tools to characterize the post-anthesis develop...

The effect of arti®cial shading in summer and early autumn on the occurrence of double pistils in `Satohnishiki' sweet cherry was studied. Potted trees were grown in steel frame structures covered with woven shade cloth made of silvered polyethylene and providing 53% and 78% light reduction, from 23rd July to 4th October in 1995 and from 16th July to 16th September in 1997. In 1995, shading lev...

BACKGROUND Due to the high incidence of allergic diseases in Mexico, caused by exposure to pollens, there have been several studies of plants and atmospheric pollens in various regions in the last decades. In the city of Toluca there have been two previous pollen samplings using gravimetric methodology, for which it is necessary to obtain new samplings with a standardized volumetric technique, ...