Populus bolleana is a variety of P. alba, commonly used in poplar breeding programs in China. Developmental biology that involves staminate flowers, microsporogenesis and microgametogenesis ofP. bolleana is essential for Populus improvement in cross breeding for better characteristics in sexual reproduction. Flower morphology and pollen development were described and illustrated using anatomical, sectioning and stain-clearing techniques. The results show that microsporocytes undergo a regular meiotic process, but some multi-nucleate microspores occur at the microspore stage. It takes five days for microsporocytes to develop to mature pollen by forcing flower branches under greenhouse conditions. Additionally, an important relationship was found between stages of meiosis and anther colors. Microspore tetrads formed when the anther color turned yellow, whereas, when the pollen matured, the anther was red and the tapetum degenerated completely. When mature pollen grains are formed, flower buds develop into male catkins. In the end, filament elongated and pollen grains were released from dehisced anthers.
以响叶杨(P opu lus ad enop od a M ax im.)为材料,就大、小孢子母细胞减数分裂进程及其对应关系进行了研究.结果表明:响叶杨大、小孢子母细胞减数分裂进程与花芽外部形态存在一定的相关性,可从花芽外部形态变化估计大、小孢子母细胞减数分裂进程;响叶杨大、小孢子母细胞减数分裂进程亦存在一定的时序性相关,当雄配子发育至单核靠边期时,大孢子母细胞减数分裂进入粗线期;通过相同培养条件下小孢子发育进程的观察,可以实现响叶杨大孢子母细胞减数分裂进程的即时判别.
