The role of calcium in the fertilization process in flowering plants

Acta Botanica Sinica

Volumn 41, Issue 10, 1999, Pages 1027-1035

  Yang, Hong Yuan ^a  

^a WUHAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Calcium; Developmental biology; Fertilization; Plant; Reproductive biology

Indexed keywords

EID: 0000430301     PISSN: 05777496     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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