Pollen viability and pollen-tube growth following controlled pollination and their relation to low fruit production in Teak (Tectona grandis Linn. f.)

Annals of Botany

Volumn 80, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 401-410

  Tangmitcharoen, Suwan ^a   Owens, John N ^b  

^a ASEAN Forest Tree Seed Centre   (Thailand)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VICTORIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Controlled pollinations; Incompatibility; Pollen viability; Pollen tube growth; Pollination; Tectona grandis

Indexed keywords

FRUIT PRODUCTION; POLLEN VIABILITY; POLLEN-TUBE GROWTH; POLLINATION; SELF-INCOMPATIBILITY; TEAK;

TECTONA GRANDIS; VERBENACEAE;

EID: 0030882789     PISSN: 03057364     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/anbo.1996.0440     Document Type: Article

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