Stress, as assessed by the appearance of sHsp transcripts, is required but not sufficient to initiate androgenesis.

Abstract

Temperature and colchicine were used as abiotic stresses capable of inducing pollen embryogenesis / androgenesis/ in Brassica napus model. The temperature requirement and general requirement for stress has been established using sHSPs as marker

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• Petr Smýkal ([e-mail])