Open AccessMicro- and megagametogenesis in Cichorium intybus L.: succes sive stages and some symptoms of apospory
Author(s) -
B. Longly,
Bp. Louant
Publication year - 2014
Publication title -
acta societatis botanicorum poloniae
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.297
H-Index - 29
eISSN - 2083-9480
pISSN - 0001-6977
DOI - 10.5586/asbp.1981.033
Subject(s) - cichorium , facultative , botany , biology
In Cichorium intybus L., the mode of reproduction could be at the same time sexual and apomicbic. This could explain the contradictions existing in the interpretation of the heritaibidity of the characters in this species. In this particular case, the only way of describing facultative apospory, functional or not, is to proceed to a cytom-orphological study of the megagametogenesis. In the present study, symptoms of apospory have been observed and described