Variation in sporophytic and gametophytic vigor in wild and cultivated varieties of Cucurbita pepo and their F1 and F2 generations

Sexual Plant Reproduction

Volumn 11, Issue 5, 1998, Pages 265-271

  Johannsson M H ^a   Stephenson, A G ^b  

^a Soil Conservation Service of Iceland   (Iceland)

^b PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Cucurbita; Hybridization; Pollen performance; Pollen tube growth; Variation

Indexed keywords

GENOTYPE; PLANT BREEDING; PLANT GENETICS;

CUCURBITA PEPO;

EID: 0031743666     PISSN: 09340882     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s004970050152     Document Type: Article

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