Cytological analysis in the microsporogenesis of ramie, Boehmeria nivea gaud. (Urticaceae) and the effect of colchicine on the chiasma frequency

Cytologia

Volumn 63, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 213-221

  Pierozzi, Neiva Izabel ^a   Benatti Jr , Romeu ^b  

^a INSTITUTO AGRONÔMICO   (Brazil)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Boehmeria nivea; Chiasma reduction; Colchicine; Cytomixis; Ramie

Indexed keywords

BOEHMERIA NIVEA;

EID: 0031823076     PISSN: 00114545     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1508/cytologia.63.213     Document Type: Article

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