TY -JOUR
AU -Ricard L. Haure
AU -John J. Thompson
TI -A Carotenoid Pigment Associated with Antheridial Formation in Equisetum Gametophytes
PY -1973
DA -0000-00-00
JO -Taiwania
VL -18
IS -2
SP -176
EP -178
UR -https://taiwania.ntu.edu.tw/abstract/850
AB -A red pigment extracted from male gemetophytes of Equisetum arvense and E. hyemale and from young vegetative stems of E. arvense and overwintering stems of E. kyemale was identified as a carotenoid similar to but mot identical with rhodoxanthin. Its specific occurrence in the gametophyte generation accompanying antheridial formation suggests a relationship between carotenoids and reproducton, a relation also apparent in other groups of organisms but not yet elucidated.
DO -10.6165/tai.1973.18.176