Volume 62 Number 4 Article 4
Year 2008 Month 10
Title: Pollen Ultrastructure Characterization in Californian and Australian Almond Cultivars
Authors: K. Sorkheh, A. Vezvaei, M.G. Wirthensohn and P. Martínez-Gómez
Abstract:
Pollen morphology can be used for distinguishing species and cultivars of tree fruit species including almond
[Prunus dulcis (Mill.) D.A. Webb]. In this study, pollen morphology and ultrastructure of several Californian and
Australian almond cultivars has been studied using electron microscopy.
Results indicated the efficient use of this
trait in the identification of almond cultivars.
Several morphological parameters including shape, size and exine
characteristics, obtained from an examination of electron micrographs can be used to distinguish pollen from the
different almond cultivars, to trace the origins of pollen by honeybees in commercial orchards, and to study gene
flow by pollen analysis.
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