Fig. 1
From: Construction of a Female Sterility Maintaining System Based on a Novel Mutation of the MEL2 Gene
Phenotype of h569 mutant. a, Wild-type HHZ (WT) and h569 plants; bar = 10 cm. b, Panicles of WT and h569 mutant; bar = 1 cm. c, Spikelets of WT and h569 mutant; bar = 1 mm. d, Spikelets of WT and h569 mutant with the palea and lemma removed; bar = 1 mm. e, Pistils of WT and h569 mutant; bar = 1 mm. f, Seed-setting of osnp1 and h569 plants 20 d after pollination (osnp1 pollinated with the h569 pollen, and h569 pollinated with the WT pollen); bar = 1 cm. g, Pollen grains of WT HHZ and h569 with I2-KI staining; bar = 100 μm. h, Pollen tube growth in the pistils of HHZ and h569 mutant; bar = 1 mm