Sex organ determination and differentiation in the dioecious plant Melandrium album (Silene latifolia): A cytological and histological analysis

Sexual Plant Reproduction

Volumn 10, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 155-167

  Farbos, Isabelle ^a   Oliveira, Margarida ^b   Negrutiu, Ioan ^c   Mouras, Armand ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE BORDEAUX   (France)

^b Departement Biologia Vegetal   (Portugal)

^c UNIVERSITÉ DE LYON   (France)

Author keywords

Development; Dioecious plant; Melandrium album; Organ differentiation; Sex determination

Indexed keywords

MELANDRIUM; SILENE; SILENE LATIFOLIA SUBSP. ALBA;

EID: 0030745037     PISSN: 09340882     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s004970050083     Document Type: Article

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