Journal: Acta biologica Cracoviensia / Publication Year: 2011 / Subject: Medicago sativa / Text Availability: Citation in PubAg

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Author:: Mól, Rafał; Weigt, Dorota; Broda, Zbigniew
Source:: Acta biologica Cracoviensia 2011 v.53 no.1 pp. 96-101
ISSN:: 1898-0295
Subject:: ovules; cultivars; selection response; breeding; Medicago sativa; flowers; alfalfa; mutation; pistil; endosperm; genotype; mutants; pollen tubes; pollination; seed set
Abstract:: ... Poor seed set is a limiting factor in alfalfa breeding, as it slows the selection response. One strategy used to overcome this problem is to search for mutations of inflorescence morphology. Long-peduncle (lp), branched-raceme (br) and top-flowering (tf) inflorescence mutations increase the number of flowers per inflorescence, but they do not improve seed set per flower. Here we assessed pollen tu ...
DOI:: 10.2478/v10182-011-0013-4
: http://dx.doi.org/10.2478/v10182-011-0013-4

Author:: Goławska, Sylwia; Krzyżanowski, Robert; Łukasik, Iwona
Source:: Acta biologica Cracoviensia 2011 v.52 no.2 pp. 76-80
ISSN:: 1898-0295
Subject:: Acyrthosiphon pisum; Medicago sativa; Pisum sativum; Trifolium pratense; Vicia faba; chlorophyll; leaves
Abstract:: ... We determined the chlorophyll a and b levels (SPAD readings) in uninfested leaves and in leaves after 7 and 17 days of aphid infestation in four Fabaceae species (Pisum sativum L., Vicia faba L., Trifolium pretense L, Medicago sativa L.). Feeding by pea aphids Acyrthosiphon pisum Harris (Hemiptera: Aphididae) caused significant loss of chlorophyll a and b in the infested plants. Uninfested leaves ...
DOI:: 10.2478/v10182-010-0026-4
: http://dx.doi.org/10.2478/v10182-010-0026-4