Megasporocyte callose in apomictic buffelgrass, Kentucky bluegrass, Pennisetum squamulatum Fresen, Tripsacum L., and Weeping lovegrass

Crop Science

Volumn 37, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 724-732

  Peel, Michael D ^a   Carman, John G ^c   Leblanc, Olivier ^b  

^a NORTH DAKOTA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b INTERNATIONAL MAIZE AND WHEAT IMPROVEMENT CENTER CIMMYT   (Mexico)

^c UTAH STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ELYMUS; ELYMUS RECTISETUS; ERAGROSTIS; ERAGROSTIS CURVULA; MAGNOLIOPHYTA; PENNISETUM CILIARE; PENNISETUM GLAUCUM; PENNISETUM SQUAMULATUM; POA; POA NEMORALIS; POA PRATENSIS; TRIPSACUM;

EID: 0030941413     PISSN: 0011183X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2135/cropsci1997.0011183X003700030006x     Document Type: Article

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