TY - JOUR T1 - Palynological Classification of Seedless Grape (<em>Vitis vinifera L.</em>) Cultivars JF - American Journal of Enology and Viticulture JO - Am J Enol Vitic. SP - 207 LP - 213 DO - 10.5344/ajev.1997.48.2.207 VL - 48 IS - 2 AU - Venelin Roytchev Y1 - 1997/01/01 UR - http://www.ajevonline.org/content/48/2/207.abstract N2 - A palynobiometric, scanning electron microscopy study of 67 seedless cultivars and hybrid grape forms was made. Dimensions of the most important pollen aperture complex elements were established. The cultivars were classified into four groups according to the surface microrelief in the mesocolpium zone, into four groups according to apocolpium and into five groups according to the shape of their pollen colps. Three groups were differentiated according to the polar axis/equatorial diameter ratio. In terms of the polar axis, equatorial diameter, mesocolpium, and colp length values, the cultivars were classified into three groups for each character, and by the dimensions of the apocolpium and the colp width and dept — into two groups. ER -