title: Pollen Tube Growth and Self-Compatibility in Almond.
abstract: Although pollen tube growth has been an important criterion for self-compatibility evaluation in almond, there is not a clear-cut separation between positive and negative growth of pollen tubes in the different genotypes. The examination of pollen tube growth after selfing almond seedlings has allowed establishing different levels of compatibility, but not a clear-cut separation between self-compatible (SC) and self-incompatible (SI) genotypes, related to the presence of pseudo-self-compatibility in almond. Consequently, a relationship between pollen tube growth and self-compatibility in almond may be established for evaluating the seedlings in breeding programs.
authors.affiliation: Unidad de Fruticultura, Centro de Investigación y Tecnología Agroalimentaria de Aragón (CITA), Av. Montañana 930, 50059 Zaragoza, Spain. rsocias@aragon.es.
authors.forename: Rafel
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Socias I Company
authors.affiliation: Unidad de Fruticultura, Centro de Investigación y Tecnología Agroalimentaria de Aragón (CITA), Av. Montañana 930, 50059 Zaragoza, Spain. okodad@aragon.es.
authors.forename: Ossama
authors.initials: O
authors.lastname: Kodad
authors.affiliation: Unidad de Fruticultura, Centro de Investigación y Tecnología Agroalimentaria de Aragón (CITA), Av. Montañana 930, 50059 Zaragoza, Spain.
authors.forename: Àngel
authors.initials: À
authors.lastname: Fernández I Martí
authors.affiliation: Unidad de Fruticultura, Centro de Investigación y Tecnología Agroalimentaria de Aragón (CITA), Av. Montañana 930, 50059 Zaragoza, Spain. jmalonsos@aragon.es.
authors.forename: José M
authors.initials: JM
authors.lastname: Alonso
keywords: Prunus amygdalus Batsch; almond; pollen tube growth; self-compatibility