Abstract
ABSTRACT The release of wall-held materials from the pollen of ragweed (Ambrosia tenuifolia) and Cosmos bipimuxtus on to the stigma surface has been followed. When fresh stigmas were viewed by scanning electron microscopy, a fluid material was observed coating pollen grains, pollen tubes and adjacent stigmatic papillae. This fluid contained pollen-wall antigens, including the allergen Antigen E, detected by immunofluorescence, and proteins, lipids and carbohydrates detected by cytochemical methods. In Cosmos, the fate of the antigens was much the same after both compatible and incompatible matings. In incompatible matings, pollen tubes were blocked with a polysaccharide considered to be callose. Callose particles appeared on neighbouring stigmatic papillae, and adjacent stigmatic hairs accumulated callose internally. This reaction may be an important one for the incompatibility response.
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