An in vitro assay for assessing the effects of growth factors on Nicotiana alata pollen tubes

Sexual Plant Reproduction

Volumn 10, Issue 6, 1997, Pages 351-357

  Lush, W Mary ^a   Opat, Andrew S ^a,b   Nie, Fan ^a,c   Clarke, Adrienne E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^b MONASH UNIVERSITY MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Australia)

^c RICE RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (China)

Author keywords

Bioassay; Extracellular matrix; Nicotiana alata; Pollen density; Polyethylene glycol

Indexed keywords

NICOTIANA ALATA;

EID: 0031439164     PISSN: 09340882     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s004970050109     Document Type: Article

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