Boron deficiency causes changes in the distribution of major polysaccharides of pollen tube wall

Acta Botanica Sinica

Volumn 41, Issue 11, 1999, Pages 1169-1176

  Yang, Xiao Dong ^a   Sun, Su Qin ^b   Li, Yi Qin ^b  

^a PEKING UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b TSINGHUA UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Boron; Cell wall; Growth regulation; Pollen tube

Indexed keywords

EID: 0001567051     PISSN: 05777496     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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