Effects of virus infection on pollen production and pollen performance: Implications for the spread of resistance alleles.

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PREMISE OF STUDY: Studies over the past 25 years have shown that environmental stresses adversely affect male function, including pollen production and pollen performance (germination and pollen tube growth rate). Consequently, genetic variation among plants in resistance to a stress has the potential to impact pollen donation to conspecifics and, if deposited onto a stigma, the ability of the pollen to achieve...

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