Hope this helps:
I suggest these two reviews (a bit old, but a good jumping off point)
Mascarenhas Joseph P.(1993) Molecular mechanisms of pollen tube growth and
differentiation. Plant Cell. 5(10). 1303-1314.
Heslop-Harrison, J (1987) Pollen Germination and Pollen-Tube Growth,
International Review of Cytology, Vol 107 PP1-77.
>From the above review:
"pollen germination and pollen tube growth....are seen from the forgoing to
be matters of daunting complexity-biochemically, physiologically and
structurally."
Also, a quick electronic search picked up the following recent (since 1995)
reviews:
<1>
Accession Number
PREV199900054030
Author/Editor/Inventor
Malho Rui [a].
Institution
[a] Dep. Biol. Vegetal, Fac. Ciencias Lisboa, R, Ernesto Vasconcelos,
Bloco
C2, 1780 Lisboa Portugal.
Title
Pollen tube guidance-the long and winding
road.
Source
Sexual Plant Reproduction. 11(5). Nov., 1998. 242-244.
ISSN
0934-0882
<2>
Accession Number
PREV199799340821
Author/Editor/Inventor
Herrero M [a]. Hormaza J I.
Institution
[a] Unidad Fruticultura, S.I.A.-D.G.A., Campus Aula Dei, Apartado 727,
E-50080 Zaragoza Spain.
Title
Pistil strategies controlling pollen tube
growth.
Source
Sexual Plant Reproduction. 9(6). 1996. 343-347.
ISSN
0934-0882
<3>
Accession Number
PREV199799340819
Author/Editor/Inventor
Cheung Alice Y.
Institution
Dep. Biology, Yale Univ., P.O. Box 208104, New Haven, CT 06520, USA.
Title
The pollen tube growth
pathway: Its molecular and biochemical contributions and responses to
pollination.
Source
Sexual Plant Reproduction. 9(6). 1996. 330-336.
ISSN
0934-0882
<4>
Accession Number
PREV199799296404
Author/Editor/Inventor
Faure J-E. Aldon D. Rougier M. Dumas C [a].
Institution
[a] Lab. Reconnaissance Cellulaire Amelioration Plantes, UMR 9938
CNRS-INRA,
Ecole Normale Superieure Lyon, 46 Allee d'Italie, F-69364 Lyon Cedex 07
France.
Title
Emerging data on pollen tube
growth and fertilization in flowering plants, 1990-1995.
Source
Protoplasma. 193(1-4). 1996. 132-143.
ISSN
0033-183X
<5>
Accession Number
PREV199799287500
Author/Editor/Inventor
Derksen J.
Institution
Dep. Exp. Botany, KU Nijmegen, Toernooiveld, 6525 ED Nijmegen,
Netherlands.
Title
Pollen tubes: A model system for plant cell
growth.
Source
Botanica Acta. 109(5). 1996. 341-345.
ISSN
0932-8629
<6>
Accession Number
PREV199699209637
Author/Editor/Inventor
Southworth Darlene.
Institution
Dep. Biol., Southern Oregon State Coll., Ashland, OR 97520, USA.
Title
Gametes and fertilization in flowering plants.
Source
Current Topics in Developmental Biology. Pedersen, R. A.; Schatten, G. P.:
Eds. Current Topics in Developmental Biology. 341996. 259-279.
ISSN
0070-2153
ISBN
0-12-153134-1.
<7>
Accession Number
PREV199698782113
Author/Editor/Inventor
Cai G [a]. Moscatelli A. Del Casino C. Cresti M.
Institution
[a] Dipartimento di Biologia Ambientale, Universita di Siena, via P.A.
Mattioli 4, I-53100 Siena Italy.
Title
Cytoplasmic motors and pollen tube
growth.
Source
Sexual Plant Reproduction. 9(2). 1996. 59-64.
ISSN
0934-0882
<8>
Accession Number
PREV199598382972
Author/Editor/Inventor
Derksen Jan [a]. Rutten Twan [a]. Van Amstel Ton [a]. De Win Anna [a].
Doris Fiona. Steer Martin.
Institution
[a] Dep. Exp. Bot., KU Nijmegen, Toernooiveld 6525 ED Nijmegen
Netherlands.
Title
Regulation of pollen tube
growth.
Source
Acta Botanica Neerlandica. 44(2). 1995. 93-119.
ISSN
0044-5983
Julia Frugoli
Department of Plant Pathology & Microbiology
Texas A&M University
Norman E.Borlaug Center for Southern Crop Improvement
2123 TAMUS
College Station, TX 77843
phone 979-862-3495
FAX 979-862-4790
>Hello,
>>I have requested help with several plant biology topics in the past few
>months, and I have received several terrific responses. Here is another
>topic on which I have been unsuccessful in finding the information I need:
>>I am teaching an advanced undergraduate course in Plant Population
>Biology, primarily focusing on the ecology and evolution of plant breeding
>systems and mating strategies. During a class on the evolutionary
>implications of pollen-tube competition in plant populations, a student
>stumped me with a question about the mechanism of pollen tube growth.
>>The question was not about double fertilization, but rather, about the
>formation of the pollen tube itself.. this led to a more general
>discussion. We knew from our readings that calcium, potassium, and boran
>affect the water potential on the style, and therefore affect the ability
>of the pollen to germinate. Several students speculated about what the
>pollen tube is made of, whether it grows through cell division or cell
>expansion, whether it is a part of the male gametophyte, or formed of
>stylar tissue (or the dissolving of stylar tissue).
>>I found myself unable to accurately dispel some of the more bizarre
>suggestions, and also unable to describe with clarity the formation of the
>pollen tube, having never really absorbed this information in my plant
>biology courses, and having not read the primary literature on the
>physiology of pollen. (My reading about pollen tubes has been limited to
>the effect of pollen competition on progeny vigor, etc.)
>>I wonder if any of you plant-reproductive-physiology types (or
>alternatively, any more well-rounded botanists than myself) could offer
>suggestions of sources that I could investigate to fill in this hole in my
>knowledge? The texts that I have are not very enlightening on this topic.
>>Thanks in advance...
>>Dana Dudle
>>-
>> ******************************************************
>> Dana A. Dudle (765) 658 - 4773 Office
>> Dept. of Biology (765) 658 - 4766 FAX
>> DePauw University
>> Greencastle, IN 46135
>>ddudle at depauw.edu>> ******************************************************
> >Hello,
>>I have requested help with several plant biology topics in the past few
>months, and I have received several terrific responses. Here is another
>topic on which I have been unsuccessful in finding the information I need:
>>I am teaching an advanced undergraduate course in Plant Population
>Biology, primarily focusing on the ecology and evolution of plant breeding
>systems and mating strategies. During a class on the evolutionary
>implications of pollen-tube competition in plant populations, a student
>stumped me with a question about the mechanism of pollen tube growth.
>>The question was not about double fertilization, but rather, about the
>formation of the pollen tube itself.. this led to a more general
>discussion. We knew from our readings that calcium, potassium, and boran
>affect the water potential on the style, and therefore affect the ability
>of the pollen to germinate. Several students speculated about what the
>pollen tube is made of, whether it grows through cell division or cell
>expansion, whether it is a part of the male gametophyte, or formed of
>stylar tissue (or the dissolving of stylar tissue).
>>I found myself unable to accurately dispel some of the more bizarre
>suggestions, and also unable to describe with clarity the formation of the
>pollen tube, having never really absorbed this information in my plant
>biology courses, and having not read the primary literature on the
>physiology of pollen. (My reading about pollen tubes has been limited to
>the effect of pollen competition on progeny vigor, etc.)
>>I wonder if any of you plant-reproductive-physiology types (or
>alternatively, any more well-rounded botanists than myself) could offer
>suggestions of sources that I could investigate to fill in this hole in my
>knowledge? The texts that I have are not very enlightening on this topic.
>>Thanks in advance...
>>Dana Dudle
>>-
>> ******************************************************
>> Dana A. Dudle (765) 658 - 4773 Office
>> Dept. of Biology (765) 658 - 4766 FAX
>> DePauw University
>> Greencastle, IN 46135
>>ddudle at depauw.edu>> ******************************************************
>>>
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