Research Paper

An Ultrastructural Study of Formosan Honey Pollen (I)

Su-Hwa Chen, Chi Shen

Published on: December 1990

Page: 221 - 239

DOI: 10.6165/tai.1990.35.221

Abstract

The morphology of pollen from those plants contributing as nectar sources were observed with scanning electron microscopy (SEM). The pollen samples were subjected to acetolysis, fixation, dehydration, critical point drying and subsequently coating with gold. The ultrastructure of pollen of thirty-one species belonging to sixteen families were described. The results can proved with more information about the honey pollen and criteria for identification of honey species precisely.

中文摘要

本文採集31種,分屬於16科之蜜源植物之花粉,先以濃硫酸及無水醋酸處理,在經固定、脫水、臨界點乾燥及金屬離子覆膜後,以掃瞄式電子顯微鏡觀察其表面之微細構造。本文對蜂蜜花粉型態提供更詳細的描述,並對蜂蜜種類之鑑定提供更精確之資料。

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