Characteristics of self-incompatibility in Schlumbergera truncata and S. x buckleyi (Cactaceae)

Sexual Plant Reproduction

Volumn 9, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 49-53

  Boyle, Thomas H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS   (United States)

Author keywords

Cactaceae; Pollen tube; Schlumbergera truncata; Schlumbergera x buckleyi; Self incompatibility

Indexed keywords

CACTACEAE; SCHLUMBERGERA; SCHLUMBERGERA BUCKLEYI; SCHLUMBERGERA TRUNCATA;

EID: 0029834315     PISSN: 09340882     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF00230366     Document Type: Article

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