Fertility and pollen tube growth in polyploid melons (Cucumis melo L.)

Euphytica

Volumn 93, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 369-373

  Susín, Ignacio ^a   Álvarez, José María ^a  

^a Instituto Agroalimentario de Aragón IA2   (Spain)

Author keywords

Cucumis melo; fluorescence microscopy; melon; pollen grain germination; pollination; tetraploidy; triploidy

Indexed keywords

CUCUMIS MELO;

EID: 0031048536     PISSN: 00142336     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1002904817971     Document Type: Article

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