Pollen viability and germination in +/spp-2 plants compared with wild-type plants. A and B, Alexander-stained anthers from Col-0 wild-type (A) and +/spp-2 (B) plants. C and D, Micrographs of pollen germination assays of wild-type (C) and spp-2 heterozygote (D) pollen on detached wild-type pistils. Examples of germinated (g), polarized (p), and ungerminated (u) pollen grains are indicated. E, Proportion of pollen grains that germinated after 2 h at room temperature for wild-type (wt) siblings (n = 420; gray bars) and heterozygotes (n = 330; black bars) of spp-2. Ungerminated pollen was subdivided into polarized and nonpolarized.