Accumulation of free proline in sorghum (Sorghum bicolor) pollen

Canadian Journal of Botany

Volumn 74, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 40-45

  Lansac, A R ^a,b   Sullivan, C Y ^a   Johnson, B E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA LINCOLN   (United States)

^b INSTITUTO DE CIENCIAS AGRARIAS   (Spain)

Author keywords

Free proline; Grain yield; Low temperatures; Pollen; Seed set; Sorghum bicolor (L.) Moench

Indexed keywords

SORGHUM BICOLOR;

EID: 0030062544     PISSN: 00084026     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/b96-006     Document Type: Article

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