Pollination biology is the study of the various biological features in relation to the event of pollen transfer. It is one of the central concerns of plant reproductive ecology and evolutionary biology. In this paper,...Pollination biology is the study of the various biological features in relation to the event of pollen transfer. It is one of the central concerns of plant reproductive ecology and evolutionary biology. In this paper, we attempt to introduce the main advances and some new interests in pollination biology and make a brief review of the research work that has been done in China in recent years. We also give some insights into the study that we intend to carry out in this field in the future.展开更多
Techniques of tracking movements of pollen grains are essential for many topics in pollination biology. Pollen transfer of Liriodendron chinense(Hemsl.) Sarg., a hermaphroditic plant, may be both interfloral and intra...Techniques of tracking movements of pollen grains are essential for many topics in pollination biology. Pollen transfer of Liriodendron chinense(Hemsl.) Sarg., a hermaphroditic plant, may be both interfloral and intrafloral pollination. Observations on pollinator movements and flower emasculated experiments in natural populations showed that most of pollen grains deposited on stigmas in a flower are foreign. But it is not certain whether cross pollination or long distance pollen transfer occurs in this insect-pollinated plant. The authors attempt to use random amplified polymorphic DNA (RAPD) loci for paternity analysis to mark pollen dispersal. The results indicated pollen via gene transportation reached at least 100 m away from the pollen source in a selected population. The primary study suggests a larger effective population size in this endangered plant. With its rapid and simple characters, RAPD methods can be a suitable technique for marking pollen flow and able to be widely used in various taxa.展开更多
文摘Pollination biology is the study of the various biological features in relation to the event of pollen transfer. It is one of the central concerns of plant reproductive ecology and evolutionary biology. In this paper, we attempt to introduce the main advances and some new interests in pollination biology and make a brief review of the research work that has been done in China in recent years. We also give some insights into the study that we intend to carry out in this field in the future.
文摘Techniques of tracking movements of pollen grains are essential for many topics in pollination biology. Pollen transfer of Liriodendron chinense(Hemsl.) Sarg., a hermaphroditic plant, may be both interfloral and intrafloral pollination. Observations on pollinator movements and flower emasculated experiments in natural populations showed that most of pollen grains deposited on stigmas in a flower are foreign. But it is not certain whether cross pollination or long distance pollen transfer occurs in this insect-pollinated plant. The authors attempt to use random amplified polymorphic DNA (RAPD) loci for paternity analysis to mark pollen dispersal. The results indicated pollen via gene transportation reached at least 100 m away from the pollen source in a selected population. The primary study suggests a larger effective population size in this endangered plant. With its rapid and simple characters, RAPD methods can be a suitable technique for marking pollen flow and able to be widely used in various taxa.
