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Iron insufficiency in floral buds impairs pollen development by disrupting tapetum function.
The Plant journal : for cell and molecular biology - 1 Oct 2021
Huang Tzu-Hsiang, Suen Der-Fen
Abstract excerpt
Reduction of crop yield due to iron (Fe) deficiency has always been a concern in agriculture. How Fe insufficiency in floral buds affects pollen development remains unexplored. Here, plants transferred to Fe-deficient medium at the reproductive stage had reduced floral Fe content and viable pollen and showed a defective pollen outer wall, all restored by supplying floral buds with Fe. A comparison of...
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