The mechanisms by which flowering plants choose their mating partners have interested
researchers for a long time. Recent findings on the molecular mechanisms of non-self …

Since Darwinian times considerable knowledge has accumulated on the distribution,
physiology and genetics of self-incompatibility (SI) in higher plants. In the second half of this …

Advances in plant cell molecular biology have considerably increased our understanding of
pollen-pistil barriers, particularly those operated by incompatibility mechanisms, and, at the …

Sexual reproduction in many flowering plants involves self-incompatibility (SI self-
incompatibility), which is one of the most important systems to prevent inbreeding. In many …

Potato is the third most important staple food crop. To address challenges associated with
global food security, a hybrid potato breeding system, aimed at converting potato from a …

The ribonuclease A superfamily is a vertebrate-specific family of proteins that encompasses
eight functional members in humans. The proteins are secreted by diverse innate immune …

Gametophytic self-incompatibility in Rosaceae, Solanaceae, and Scrophulariaceae is
controlled by the S locus, which consists of an S-RNase gene and an unidentified “pollen S” …

To reproduce, higher plants utilize a unique multicellular microorganism: the male
gametophyte, or pollen grain. The independent lifetime of flowering plant gametophytes is …

In many flowering plants, self-fertilization is prevented by an intraspecific reproductive
barrier known as self-incompatibility (SI), that, in most cases, is controlled by a single …

Key message This article evaluates the main contributions of tomato, tobacco, petunia,
potato, pepper and eggplant to classical and molecular plant genetics and genomics since …