Seasonal variation of apparent male fertility and 2n pollen production in plantain and banana

HortScience

Volumn 33, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 146-148

  Ortiz, Rodomiro ^a,b   Ulburghs, Frank ^a   Okoro, Josephine U ^a  

^a INTERNATIONAL INSTITUTE OF TROPICAL AGRICULTURE   (Nigeria)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

Author keywords

2n gametes; Gene introgression; Musa spp.; Pollen stainability; Seed set

Indexed keywords

BANANA; DIPLOIDY; MALE FERTILITY; PLANT BREEDING;

MUSA;

EID: 0031920971     PISSN: 00185345     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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