Deconvolution microscopic analysis was carried out using DeltaVision Deconvolution Microscope (Applied Precision, INC).
Microscopic analysis was performed with a Leica DMLB microscope equipped with epifluorescence EL6000 system (Leica Microsystems, Solms, Germany).
The pistils were mounted on a glass slide and microscopic analysis was performed using a Leica DM6000 microscope with a magnification of ×200.
Microscopic analysis was conducted on a Nikon E600 polarizing microscope equipped with a Nikon DXM 1200 digital camera and filters for light polarization.
Microscopic analysis was performed using a confocal laser-scanning microscope (Zeiss LSM 710 META, Germany).
Microscopic analysis was performed on a Zeiss Axioplan 2 microscope coupled to a CCD camera (Zeiss AxioCam HRc, Jena, Germany) or a Zeiss LSM 510 confocal microscope.
Microscopic analysis was performed using an Axioplan II imaging microscope (Carl Zeiss) with an HBO-103 mercury lamp and filter sets for FITC, Cy3.5, Texas Red, Cy5, Aqua, and DAPI.
Microscopic analysis was performed using an Olympus BX50 Fluoresence microscope (Applied Precision, Washington) at 60× magnification using 2×2 bin and images were processed using Spot software and Adobe Photoshop.
Quantitative microscopic analysis was performed using a Leica DM LB microscope (Leica, Wetzlar, Germany) at a magnification of 400×.
Microscopic analysis was performed with an inverted Axiovert 200 microscope (Zeiss) equipped with a SPOT RT CCD-camera from Diagnostic Instruments (Visitron).
Microscopic analysis was performed on a Zeiss Axiovert 35 microscope using a 100-fold oil immersion objective, a UV lamp, and a detection range between 450 and 490 nm.
