pollen 2 2

Tag: "pollen" at biology news

Transgenic plants remove more selenium from polluted soil than wild plants, new tests show

...A is maternally inherited, there is little risk of pollen transfer, said Terry. Terry said it's worth pursuing methods of improving phytoremediation because there are benefits unique to plants. "A particularly promising aspect about mustard plants is that they can metabolize selenium into a gas called dim...

Inflammatory molecules released by pollen trigger allergies

How do pollen particles provoke allergic reactions? A new study ... more of these allergy-provoking compounds than do pollen from unpolluted areas, possibly explaining why allergies are more prevalent in places with high leve...

Quantum Dots Research Leads to New Knowledge about Protein Binding in Plants

...notherprotein (chemocyanin) in guiding sperm-laden pollen tubes to the eggsfound in ovules. Applyingnanopar...stigma/stylarcysteine-rich adhesin (SCA) - a plant pollen tube adhesion protein.This labeled the protein molecules with fluorescent tags.Quantum dots are much...

1 2