title: A pollen selection system for alcohol-dehydrogenase-negative mutants in plants.
abstract: 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.
authors.affiliation: Department of Plant Sciences, Indiana University, Bloomington, Indiana 47401.
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Schwartz
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Osterman