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Flora and Vegetation of Asian Russia

2012 year, number 2

POLLEN MORPHOLOGY AND QUALITY IN PICEA (PINACEAE) SPECIES FROM COLLECTION OF V.N. SUKACHEV INSTITUTE OF FOREST SB RAS

O.V. Goryachkina, M.I. Sedaeva
V.N. Sukachev Institute of Forest, SB RAS, 660036, Krasnoyarsk, Academgorodok, 50/28
kvitko@ksc.krasn.ru
Keywords: Picea, microgametogenesis, pollen, viability, introduction

Abstract

Peculiarities of pollen formation and morphological parameters of pollen grains in 4 Picea A. Dietr. species from collection of Institute of Forest SB RAS Arboretum (Krasnoyarsk) were determined. High pollen quality of ornamental form of local species P. obovata and introduced species P. ajanensis and P. mariana has been shown. Decreased viability (71.6 %) and high frequency of abnormal grains (14.1 %) were character for P. pungens pollen.