L mature pollen stage
Term Information
- Accession
- PO:0001016
- Aspect
- plant structure development stage
- Synonyms
- related: pollen stage 10 in Arabidopsis
- Definition
- Stage of microgametophyte development during which the pollen reaches mature stage and desiccates. [source: TAIR:Katica_Ilic]
- Comment
- Mature pollen stages is reached at three-celled pollen in some angiosperms (maize, rice and Arabidopsis), while in others, the maturepollen has two haploid cells (tobacco, snapdragon).
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