Kinetics of double fertilization in Torenia fournieri based on direct observations of the naked embryo sac

Planta

Volumn 203, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 101-110

  Higashiyama, Tetsuya ^a   Kuroiwa, Haruko ^b   Kawano, Shigeyuki ^a   Kuroiwa, Tsuneyoshi ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^b KYORITSU WOMEN'S UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Double fertilization; Embryo sac (naked); Fertilization (kinetics); Pollen tube (growth); Torenia (double fertilization)

Indexed keywords

TORENIA; TORENIA FOURNIERI;

EID: 0030827252     PISSN: 00320935     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00050170     Document Type: Article

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