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The structural events accompanying the maturation of the pistil of Petunia hybrida have been studied in detail, together with the changes in the protein spectrum of the transmitting tissue that occur over this period. These events have been considered in terms of the acquisition of the self-incompatibility response, which occurs while the pistil is enclosed in the bud. Apart from several minor differences, the young pistils differ only from the mature in that their transmitting tissue cells fail to respond to pollination by undergoing characteristic ultrastructural changes. Data from electrofocusing indicates that several proteins, mobilised in the mature transmitting tissue some three hours after pollination, are absent from bud pistils. It is proposed that the pollination-stimulated release of certain polypeptides, believed to be involved in the self-incompatibility response, does not take place in young pistils. These observations are considered with reference to currently-accepted models of the operation of the self-incompatibility mechanism in Petunia.
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Herrero, M., Dickinson, H.G. Ultrastructural and physiological differences between buds and mature flowers of Petunia hybrida prior to and following pollination. Planta 148, 138–145 (1980). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00386414
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