Drought-induced male sterility in rice: Changes in carbohydrate levels and enzyme activities associated with the inhibition of starch accumulation in pollen

Sexual Plant Reproduction

Volumn 9, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 161-169

  Sheoran, Inder S ^a,b   Saini, Hargurdeep S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

^b CCS HARYANA AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

Oryza sativa; Pollen sterility; Starch biosynthesis; Sugar metabolism; Water stress

Indexed keywords

EID: 0000327459     PISSN: 09340882     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF02221396     Document Type: Article

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