ACC Facilitates Fertilization (IMAGE)

University of Maryland

ACC Facilitates Fertilization

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ACC facilitates fertilization. The pollen tubes (stained in blue) fertilize only some of the ovules when there is less ACC. Successful fertilization is seen as blue dots inside the white ovules.

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Dr. Wangshu Mou

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