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Chinese Agricultural Science Bulletin ›› 2024, Vol. 40 ›› Issue (13): 70-75.doi: 10.11924/j.issn.1000-6850.casb2023-0415

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Study on Pollen Viability and Stigma Acceptability of Guava

QIN Jian1(), JIANG Haoran1,2, ZHANG Shoumei3, LAI Duo1, XIAO Weiqiang1, ZHUANG Qingli1, SHAO Xuehua1()   

  1. 1 Institute of Fruit Tree Research, Guangdong Academy of Agricultural Sciences/Key Laboratory of South Subtropical Fruit Biology and Genetic Resource Utilization, Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs/Guangdong Province Key Laboratory of Tropical and Subtropical Fruit Tree Research, Guangzhou 510640
    2 College of Horticulture and Gardening, Yangtze University, Jingzhou, Hubei 434000
    3 Wanqingsha Agricultural and Rural Technical Service Center, Guangzhou 510000
  • Received:2023-05-31 Revised:2023-11-10 Online:2024-04-28 Published:2024-04-28

Abstract:

In order to explore the optimal period for pollen collection, pollination and emasculation in guava, fresh guava pollen was used as the experimental material and an orthogonal design experiment was conducted to screen the optimal formula of the culture medium. Subsequently, the pollen viability and stigma receptivity were determined at different preservation time and states of openness. The results showed that the influence of culture medium formulas on the pollen viability of guava was in the order of sugar> boric acid> calcium chloride. The optimal treatment combination was 150 g/L sucrose+ 0 g/L boric acid+ 0.3 g/L calcium chloride with a pollen viability of 91.9%. The pollen viability decreased with prolonged storage time and the pollen viability of freshly harvested guava pollen was 89.69%, which decreased to 0% after 96 hours of storage. Guava flowers had the highest pollen viability in stage Ⅲ (complete bud split and sepal shedding), and the stigma receptivity was the strongest in stage Ⅳ (petal spreading). Moreover, guava flowers in stage Ⅰ and Ⅱ were in the states of unopened anthers, no pollen adhesion on the stigma and a low rate of pollen viability. Therefore, the optimal emasculation period is stages Ⅰ and Ⅱ, while the optimal periods of pollination and pollen collection are stage Ⅳ and stage Ⅲ, respectively.

Key words: guava, culture in vitro, pollen viability, stigma receptivity, optimal pollination period, optimal pollen collection period, optimal emasculation period