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pistil
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pis·til
/ ˈpistl/
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n. Bot.
the female organs of a flower, comprising the stigma, style, and ovary.
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Pistil Factors Controlling Pollination
Magazine article from: Plant Cell; 1/1/2004; ; 700+ words
; ...and Neiland, 2002). The pistil, the pollen-accepting organ...carpels that bear the ovules. Pistil development initiates with...fusion occurs very early in pistil development. Even in species with single pistils, fusion of the carpel margins...
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Class III pistil-specific extensin-like proteins from tobacco have characteristics of Arabinogalactan proteins
Magazine article from: Plant Physiology; 4/1/2001; ; 700+ words
; ...encoding for the class III pistil-- specific extensin...accumulation of PELPIII in the pistil transmitting tissue begins during the early stages of pistil maturation. At flower anthesis...stylar IM of non-pollinated pistils. After pollination the...
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A Selfish Gene Governing Pollen-Pistil Compatibility Confers Reproductive Isolation Between Maize Relatives
Magazine article from: Genetics; 1/1/2006; ; 700+ words
; ...the six is present in the pistil, pollen not having that...effect. On Gal-s Gal-s pistils, gal pollen fails to effect...generically P for pollen-pistil recognition) is illustrated...PP offspring since their pistils are unreceptive to p pollen...
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STIG1 Controls Exudate Secretion in the Pistil of Petunia and Tobacco1[w]
Magazine article from: Plant Physiology; 5/1/2005; ; 700+ words
; ...Many interactions between pollen and pistil have evolved to ensure successful sexual...grains and enables successful pollen-pistil interactions (Wolters-Arts et al...other components present in the pollen-pistil environment, such as the exudate, may...
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Portland's Pistils Nursery.(shopping)
Magazine article from: Country Living; 3/1/2006; ; 700+ words
; ...says Megan. In 2002, Megan opened Pistils Nursery and set out to create a sustainable...seeds & more Come springtime, Pistils overflows with perennials, vegetable...ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] getting to Pistils Located just north of downtown Portland...
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Genome-Wide Identification of Genes Expressed in Arabidopsis Pistils Specifically along the Path of Pollen Tube Growth1[w]
Magazine article from: Plant Physiology; 6/1/2005; ; 700+ words
; ...development is dependent on successful pollen-pistil interactions. In crucifers, the pollen...high degree of specificity in pollen-pistil interactions and the precision of directional...pollen/pollen tubes and cells of the pistil that line their path. However, with...
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Pistil attraction. (ocular proof).(Brief Article)
Magazine article from: Look Japan; 12/1/2001; 660 words
; Pistil attraction In flowering plants, guidance...pollen tube completed its journey down the pistil to reach the embryo sac. The University...tube as the final step of guidance in the pistil. Higashiyama and his group used Torenia...
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Pollen-pistil interactions result in reproductive isolation between Sorghum bicolor and divergent Sorghum species.
Magazine article from: Crop Science; 7/1/2005; ; 700+ words
; ...of this research were to observe pollen germination and tube growth of divergent Sorghum species in sorghum pistils to determine if pistil-pollen interactions are reproductive barriers to producing interspecific hybrids. MATERIALS AND METHODS...
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Pistil-Packing Thieves Just Uproot and Leave
Newspaper article from: The Washington Post; 4/29/2006; ; 700+ words
; You hear of caladiums being snatched from the soil in Silver Spring and junipers getting hijacked from a Beltsville nursery; you check out the crime report in Fairfax County and, just about every week this spring, you read where some dirtbag has purloined plants or lifted leafy things. Plantnapping
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`Marigolds': Hot as a Pistil
Newspaper article from: The Washington Post; 3/22/1996; ; 661 words
; Beatrice Hunsdorfer, the sad monster of a mother at the center of Paul Zindel's "The Effect of Gamma Rays on Man-in-the-Moon Marigolds," is one of those roles into which an actress can really sink her choppers. Sada Thompson's chilling portrayal of Beatrice in the 1970 off-Broadway production made
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pistil
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition
...s) in the ovule. A pistil is composed of one or...have one or more simple pistils, each a separate organ...higher orders, a compound pistil, formed of several fused...that has one or more pistils but no stamens (or nonfunctional...flower, in which the pistil is nonfunctional or absent...
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stamen
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition
...It is typically located between the central pistil and the surrounding petals. A stamen consists...pollination; e.g., they may be longer than the pistil or may be so placed in relation to the pistil (as in the mountain laurel and the lady...
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Fruits
Book article from: Biology
...SIMPLE From a single pistil DRY INDEHISCENT...fusion of several separate pistils of one flower Raspberry...fusion of several separate pistils of several grouped flowers...the lower region of the pistil and the female sex organ...fruits derived from single pistils. In contrast to ...
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fruit
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition
...to form, the surrounding ovule (see pistil ) develops into a seed and the ovary wall...A flower may have one or more simple pistils or a compound pistil made up of two or more fused simple pistils (each called a carpel); different arrangements...
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Rosaceae
Book article from: Plant Sciences
...to the edge of the hypanthium, while the pistil or pistils (which develop into the fruit or fruits...the fleshy part does not develop from the pistil but from the hypanthium. The mature pistil containing the seeds is enclosed by the fleshy...
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