Open AccessA POLLEN SELECTION SYSTEM FOR ALCOHOL-DEHYDROGENASE-NEGATIVE MUTANTS IN PLANTS
Author(s) -
Drew Schwartz,
John C. Osterman
Publication year - 1976
Publication title -
genetics
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.792
H-Index - 246
eISSN - 1943-2631
pISSN - 0016-6731
DOI - 10.1093/genetics/83.1.63
Subject(s) - alcohol dehydrogenase , pollen , mutant , biology , alcohol oxidoreductase , allyl alcohol , alcohol , genetics , enzyme , botany , biochemistry , gene , nad+ kinase , catalysis
Exposure of freshly shed maize pollen to allyl alcohol vapors allows selective fertilization by mutant alcohol-dehydrogenase-negative grains. Wild-type pollen grains are killed by the enzymatic conversion of allyl alcohol to the highly toxic acrylaldehyde.
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