Methods for characterizing pollen fitness in Cannabis sativa L. by Sydney B Wizenberg, Michelle Dang, Lesley G Campbell

“…In contrast, pollen non-abortion rates declined slowly and persisted longer than the lifetime of a sporophyte plant under both room temperature and freezer conditions. …”
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Synopsis of Anomobryum and Bryum (Bryaceae, Bryophyta) in Brazil by Bianca Kalinowski Canestraro, Denilson Fernandes Peralta

“…Identifying taxa in Bryaceae is usually a difficult task, mainly due to the lack of the sporophyte in herborized specimens. This study aimed to provide a taxonomic treatment for the species of Anomobryum and Bryum in Brazil. …”
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Bridging the generation gap: flowering plant gametophytes and animal germlines reveal unexpected similarities. by Dickinson, H, Grant-Downton, R

“…A wide range of data have accumulated over the past century which suggest that alternation from sporophyte to gametophyte in angiosperms includes a significant phase of 'informational reprogramming', leaving the founder cells of the gametophyte developmentally uncommitted. …”

Morfología y anatomía del gametofito de Didymochlaena truncatula (Dryopteridaceae) by Aniceto Mendoza, Blanca Pérez-García, Ramón Riba

“…The first leaf of the sporophyte appears 100 days after the sowing of the spores, the lamina is spatulate-shaped, with dichotomous venation and short capitate, unicellular marginal hairs.…”
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Male gametogenesis in flowering plants by Dan-Lu Cui, Chun-Xia Xu, Ping Wang, Tian-Ying Gao, Bo Wang, Tian-Ying Yu

“…The life cycles of plants are characterized by significant alternations between the diploid sporophytic and the haploid gametophytic generations. …”
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Thorea baiyunensis sp. nov. (Thoreales, Rhodophyta) and T. okadae, a new record from China by Jinfen Han, Fangru Nan, Jia Feng, Junping Lv, Qi Liu, Xudong Liu, Shulian Xie

“…The freshwater red algal order Thoreales has a triphasic life history, of which the “Chantransia” phase is a small filamentous sporophyte. The “Chantransia” stage is difficult to distinguish from species in the genus Audouinella by its morphological characteristics. …”
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Morphological Study For Specie Of Genus Adiantum L. Pteridaceae Growing In Some Areas In Lattakia – Syria by Salma Deebo

“…The morphological features were used to separate the specie (the sporophyte and gametophyte, measurement the leaves and shapes, number of the pinnules and measurements, the petiole of leave, the sori and sporangium, shapes of the spores and measurements, antheridia and archegonia). …”
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Morphological and anatomical adaptations to dry, shady environments in Adiantum reniforme var. sinense (Pteridaceae) by Di Wu, Linbao Li, Xiaobo Ma, Guiyun Huang, Chaodong Yang

“…The A. reniforme var. sinense sporophyte had a primary structure and a dictyostele. …”
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Morphological Study For Specie Of Genus Adiantum L. Pteridaceae Growing In Some Areas In Lattakia – Syria by Salma Deebo

“…The morphological features were used to separate the specie (the sporophyte and gametophyte, measurement the leaves and shapes, number of the pinnules and measurements, the petiole of leave, the sori and sporangium, shapes of the spores and measurements, antheridia and archegonia). …”
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Further evidence for the hybrid status of the Brazilian native fern Hypolepis ×paulistana (Dennstaedtiaceae) by AGUSTINA YAÑEZ, PEDRO B. SCHWARTSBURD, GONZALO J. MARQUEZ

“…The hybrid status of these plants was based solely on the intermediate morphology of the sporophyte, when compared to its presumed parent species. …”
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The evolution of root hairs and rhizoids. by Jones, V, Dolan, L

“…Root hairs form on the surface of roots of sporophytes (the multicellular diploid phase of the life cycle) in vascular plants. …”

In vitro spore germination and gametophyte development of two Cyathea species of South America in response to nutrient media by Catiuscia Marcon, Verônica Kern de Lemos, Isabela Kirch Stein, Annette Droste

“…We recommend cultivating the plants in Meyer medium for greater gametophytic development and subsequent sporophyte obtention, as a biotechnological tool for C. corcovadensis and C. phalerata conservation and for environmental restoration and enrichment using these tree ferns.…”
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Non-reciprocal complementation of KNOX gene function in land plants by Langdale, J, Frangedakis, E, Saint-Marcoux, D, Moody, L, Rabbinowitsch, E

“…<p>Class I KNOTTED1-LIKE homeobox (KNOX) proteins regulate development of the multicellular diploid sporophyte in both mosses and flowering plants; however, the morphological context in which they function differs. …”

Gametophyte Morphology and Development of Six Species of Pteris ( Pteridaceae ) from Java Island Indonesia by Dwi Sunarti Puspitasari, Tatik Chikmawati, Titien Ngatinem Praptosuwiryo

“…The morphology of sporophyte, the type of reproduction, and cytology of Pteris had been reported, while the gametophyte morphology of Pteris in Java island has not been studied yet. …”
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Alteration of sexual reproduction and genetic diversity in the kelp species Laminaria digitata at the southern limit of its range. by Luz Valeria Oppliger, Peter von Dassow, Sarah Bouchemousse, Marine Robuchon, Myriam Valero, Juan A Correa, Stéphane Mauger, Christophe Destombe

“…However, despite this being the dominant path of spore production in Quiberon sporophyte individuals, the genetic evidence indicated the population was maintained mostly by sexual reproduction. …”
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Epigenetic Modifications in Plant Development and Reproduction by Vladimir Brukhin, Emidio Albertini

“…However, during asexual plant reproduction, when meiosis is absent or suspended, epigenetic modifications that have arisen in the parental sporophyte can be transmitted to the next clonal generation practically unchanged. …”
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Evaluation of the symmetric effect of antagonists in the floral morphs of the distylic shrub <em>Bouvardia ternifolia</em>: a field study by Luis Antonio Salinas-Esquivel, Carlos Lara, María del Coro Arizmendi

“… Background: Heterostyly is a genetic polymorphism characterized by a system of sporophyte auto-incompatibility in which the plant populations show two (distyly) or three (tristyly) floral morphs. …”
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IDENTIFIKASI GOLONGAN SENYAWA ANTIMIKROBA PADA LUMUT HATI Dumortiera hirsuta Nees. DAN PERBANYAKANNYA DENGAN KULTUR JARINGAN by , JUNAIRIAH, , Prof. Sukarti Moeljopawiro, M.AppSc., Ph.D.

“…The best fractions with highest inhibitory activities will be analyzed by Preparative-TLC to detect the bioactive compound class. The explants of sporophyte and gametophyte with various size (0,5…”

Establishment of Anthoceros agrestis as a model species for studying the biology of hornworts by Szövényi, P, Frangedakis, E, Ricca, M, Quandt, D, Wicke, S, Langdale, J

“…Axenic culture conditions for maintenance and vegetative propagation have been determined, and treatments for the induction of sexual reproduction and sporophyte development have been established. In addition, protocols have been developed for the extraction of DNA and RNA that is of a quality suitable for molecular analyses. …”

Molecular Phylogeny of Unicellular Marine Coccoid Green Algae Revealed New Insights into the Systematics of the Ulvophyceae (Chlorophyta) by Tatyana Darienko, Cecilia Rad-Menéndez, Christine N. Campbell, Thomas Pröschold

“…Both genera form a “<i>Codiolum</i>”-stage that serves as the unicellular sporophyte in their life cycles. Phylogenetic analyses of SSU and ITS rDNA sequences confirmed that these coccoid taxa belong to the Chlorocystidales, together with the sarcinoid genus <i>Desmochloris</i>. …”
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