Authors
  • Murphy, Stephen D.
  • Aarssen, Lonnie W.
Universities

Summary

Pollen allelopathy occurs when pollen toxins inhibit sexual reproduction in heterospecifics. To quantify pollen allelopathic effects in vitro, pollen of Hieracium autrantiacum, H. Floribundum and H. Pratense was extracted with double distilled water into concentrationss of pollen grains.

Methodology

These three species of plants were arbitrarilly collected from the field and tested for allelopathic pollen