A simple technique for the identification of embryo-carrying seeds from wheat x maize crosses prior to dissection

Plant Breeding

Volumn 117, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 191-192

  Bains, N S ^a   Mangat, G S ^a   Singh, K ^a   Nanda, G S ^a  

^a PUNJAB AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

Embryo culture; Haploidy; Triticum aestivum; Wheat x maize crosses; Zea mays

Indexed keywords

EMBRYO CULTURE; EMBRYO RESCUE; HAPLOIDY; MAIZE; PLANT BREEDING; WHEAT;

TRITICUM AESTIVUM; ZEA MAYS;

EID: 0031842436     PISSN: 01799541     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1439-0523.1998.tb01479.x     Document Type: Article

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