ReviewPlanta2011
Pollen vacuoles and their significance.
Review in Planta, 2011. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 28 papers.
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28 citing papers in PubMed, 64 citations in OpenAlex.
- In Vitro Live Cell Imaging Reveals Nuclear Dynamics and Role of the Cytoskeleton During Asymmetric Division of Pollen Mitosis I in Nicotiana Benthamiana.Cytoskeleton (Hoboken, N.J.) · 2026Article
- Selective degradation processes in plants are not limited to autophagy.Plant cell reports · 2026Review
- Albinism in Cereal Androgenesis-Shedding Light on Molecular Mechanisms and Possible Solutions.Methods in molecular biology (Clifton, N.J.) · 2026Review
- 'Roly-poly toy' motion during pollen exudation promotes rapid pollen adhesion in rice.Communications biology · 2025Article
- Observation of Vacuoles in Arabidopsis Developing Pollen Grains with Whole-Cell Electron Tomography.Methods in molecular biology (Clifton, N.J.) · 2024Article
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- Hexose transporter SWEET5 confers galactose sensitivity to Arabidopsis pollen germination via a galactokinase.Plant physiology · 2022Article
- The aquatic carnivorous plant Aldrovanda vesiculosa (Droseraceae) exhibits altered developmental stages in male gametophyte.Protoplasma · 2021Article
- Storage of orchid pollinia with varying lipid thermal fingerprints.Protoplasma · 2020Article
- Bright Fluorescent Vacuolar Marker Lines Allow Vacuolar Tracing Across Multiple Tissues and Stress Conditions in Rice.International journal of molecular sciences · 2020Article
- Heterochronic reproductive developmental processes between diploid and tetraploid cytotypes of Paspalum rufum.Annals of botany · 2019Article
- Anther and pollen development in sweet cherry (Prunus avium L.) in relation to winter dormancy.Protoplasma · 2019Article
- Calcium: A Critical Factor in Pollen Germination and Tube Elongation.International journal of molecular sciences · 2019Review
- Pollen Developmental Arrest: Maintaining Pollen Fertility in a World With a Changing Climate.Frontiers in plant science · 2019Review
- ArabidopsisPlant physiology · 2018Article
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- Calcium controls the formation of vacuoles from mitochondria to regulate microspore development in wheat.Plant reproduction · 2017Article
- Adaptor Protein-3-Dependent Vacuolar Trafficking Involves a Subpopulation of COPII and HOPS Tethering Proteins.Plant physiology · 2017Article
- Cold Tolerance of the Male Gametophyte during Germination and Tube Growth Depends on the Flowering Time.Plants (Basel, Switzerland) · 2016Article
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3 authors at 2 institutions in 2 countries.
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Abstract
Vacuoles of several types can be observed in pollen throughout its development. Their physiological significance reflects the complexity of the biological process leading to functional pollen grains. Vacuolisation always occurs during pollen development but when ripe pollen is shed the extensive translucent vacuoles present in the vegetative parts in previous stages are absent. Vacuole functions vary according to developmental stage but in ripe pollen they are mainly storage sites for reserves. Vacuoles cause pollen to increase in size by water accumulation and therefore confer some degree of resistance to water stress. Modalities of vacuolisation occur in pollen in the same manner as in other tissues. In most cases, autophagic vacuoles degrade organelles, as in the microspore after meiosis, and can be regarded as cytoplasm clean-up following the transition from the diploid sporophytic to the haploid gametophytic state. This also occurs in the generative cell but not in sperm cells. Finally, vacuoles have a function when microspores are used for pollen embryogenesis in biotechnology being targets for stress induction and afterwards contributing to cytoplasmic rearrangement in competent microspores.
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