(a) Sporophytes and (b) independent gametophytes. (c) Strap-like individual gametophytes under the microscope. Scale bar is 5.0mm. (d) Clonal forming (reproduction) by gametophytes under the ...
The photosynthetic rates of intact sporophytes or gametophytes of the fern Todea barbara grown in sterile culture were measured using an infrared gas analyzer. Sporophytes consisted of single whole ...
Bulletin of the Torrey Botanical Club, Vol. 92, No. 6 (Nov. - Dec., 1965), pp. 475-488 (14 pages) The upright, subterranean gametophyte of Schizaea melanesica reaches a maximum length of nearly 1 cm ...
Multiple paternity (polyandry) frequently occurs in flowering plants and animals and is assumed to have an important function in the evolution of reproductive traits. Polyandry in bryophytes may occur ...
A new special issue of Applications in Plant Sciences, “Methodologies in Gametophyte Biology,” highlights an often overlooked aspect of the botanical world. A collection of 15 articles describes ...
In the history of life on earth, one intriguing mystery is how plants made the transition from water to land and then went on to diversify into the array of vegetation we see today, from simple mosses ...
SOME interesting nutritional effects have been observed in cultures of gametophytic and young sporophytic plants of Laminaria saccharina Lamour. by the addition of low concentrations of orange and ...