Observations of pollen tube growth in Nicotiana alata and their implications for the mechanism of self-incompatibility

Sexual Plant Reproduction

Volumn 10, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 27-35

  Lush, W Mary ^a   Clarke, Adrienne E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Cytotoxic model; Nicotiana alata; Pollen tube growth; Self incompatibility; Stylar graft

Indexed keywords

NICOTIANA ALATA;

EID: 0030933231     PISSN: 09340882     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s004970050064     Document Type: Article

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