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The effect of N2O on pollen tube mitosis in styles and its potential significance for inducing haploidy in potato

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    Pollen tubes with a single restitution sperm nucleus can be induced in Datura stramonium and Solanum phureja, when after pollination, plants are submitted to laughing gas (N2O) under pressure.

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    The cytological details of the N2O effect on pollen tube mitosis are described and its implications for the production of haploids are discussed.

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  1. J. Montezuma-de-Carvalho

    Present address: Botanical Institute, University of Coimbra, Portugal

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Montezuma-de-Carvalho, J. The effect of N2O on pollen tube mitosis in styles and its potential significance for inducing haploidy in potato. Euphytica 16, 190–198 (1967). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00043454

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