Effect of pollen source and pollen ploidy on endosperm formation and seed set in pseudogamous apomictic Paspalum notatum

Sexual Plant Reproduction

Volumn 11, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 331-335

  Quarin, Camilo L ^a  

^a INSTITUTO DE BOTÁNICA DEL NORDESTE   (Argentina)

Author keywords

Apomixis; Endosperm; Endosperm balance number; Pseudogamy

Indexed keywords

PASPALUM CROMYORRHIZON; PASPALUM NOTATUM; PASPALUM SIMPLEX;

EID: 0032999052     PISSN: 09340882     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s004970050160     Document Type: Article

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