Apomixis and polyembryony in the guggul plant, Commiphora wightii

Annals of Botany

Volumn 78, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 67-72

  Gupta, Promila ^a   Shivanna, K R ^a   Ram, H Y Mohan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF DELHI   (India)

Author keywords

autonomous endosperm; Commiphora wightii; guggul; medicinal plant; non pseudogamous apomixis; nucellar polyembryony

Indexed keywords

COMMIPHORA WIGHTII;

EID: 0029853669     PISSN: 03057364     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/anbo.1996.0097     Document Type: Article

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