SEA ANEMONE? AMBROSIA CONFERTIFLORA STAMINATE FLORET PISTILLODIUM!
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1Department of Molecular Biology, Ariel University, Ariel, Israel
2Department of Agriculture, Eastern R&D Center, Ariel, Israel
3The Interdepartmental Equipment Unit, The Robert H. Smith Faculty of Agriculture, Food & Environment, the Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Rehovot, Israel
2Department of Agriculture, Eastern R&D Center, Ariel, Israel
3The Interdepartmental Equipment Unit, The Robert H. Smith Faculty of Agriculture, Food & Environment, the Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Rehovot, Israel
Ambrosia confertiflora is currently probably the most notorious invasive weed in Israel, causing extensive damages to agricultural crops and indusing allergy and asthma. It’s wind pollinated, with male flowers possessing a special organ- pistillodium- which extends and pushes out the pollen with its broom-like trichomes.
