The mechanics of the grass flower: The extension of the staminal filaments and the lodicules of maize

Annals of Botany

Volumn 77, Issue 6, 1996, Pages 675-683

  Keijzer, C J ^a   Reinders, M C ^a   Leferink Ten Klooster, H B ^a  

^a WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

anthesis; cell extension; filament; flower; high resolution SEM; lodicule; Poaceae; vacuolation; Zea mays

Indexed keywords

POACEAE; ZEA MAYS;

EID: 0029759612     PISSN: 03057364     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/anbo.1996.0084     Document Type: Article

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