...(dimethylsiloxane)-based microdevices: a T-shaped microchannel device for pollen tube chemoattraction and a microcage array for long-term live imaging of ovules. Their design, usage and advantages are described, and future prospects of experimental approaches to plant reproduction using such microdevices...

...Ravishankar Palanivelu; Mark A. Johnson The pollen tube represents an attractive model system for functional genomic analysis of the cell–cell interactions that mediate guided cellular growth. The pollen tube extends through pistil tissues and responds to guidance cues that direct the tube towards...