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Journal of Experimental Botany, Vol. 51, No. 348, pp. 1319-1321, July 2000
© 2000 Oxford University Press

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Anther dehiscence in two-rowed barley (Hordeum distichum) triggered by mechanical stimulation

T. Matsui1,4, K. Omasa2 and T. Horie3

1 Experimental Farm, Kyoto University, 12–1 Hatchonawate, Takatsuki, Osaka 569–0096, Japan
2 Graduate School of Agricultural and Life Sciences, The University of Tokyo, Tokyo 113–8657, Japan
3 Graduate School of Agriculture, Kyoto University, Kyoto 606–8502, Japan

Abstract

Pricking or pressing an ovary can induce anther dehiscence in cleistogamous two-rowed barley in the absence of lodicule swelling. This response is considered to be inherited from a chasmogamous ancestor in which anther dehiscence is induced by the stimulus given to the pistil by the lodicule swelling, which causes floret opening.

Key words: Anther dehiscence, floret opening, sensory organ, trigger, two-rowed barley.


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