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A POLLEN SELECTION SYSTEM FOR ALCOHOL-DEHYDROGENASE-NEGATIVE MUTANTS IN PLANTS
Drew Schwartz 1 and John Osterman 1
1 Department of Plant Sciences, Indiana University, Bloomington,
Indiana 47401
Exposure of freshly shed maize pollen to allyl alcohol vapors allows selective fertilization by mutant alcohol-dehydrogenase-negative grains. Wild-type pollen grains are killed by the enzymatic conversion of allyl alcohol to the highly toxic acrylaldehyde.
Submitted on November 21, 1975
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