Androgenesis from a Lolium multiflorum x Festuca arundinacea hybrid to generate extreme variation for freezing-tolerance

Plant Breeding

Volumn 118, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 497-501

  Zare, A G ^a   Humphreys, M W ^b   Rogers, W J ^c   Collin, H A ^d  

^a RESEARCH INSTITUTE OF FORESTS AND RANGELANDS   (Iran)

^b ABERYSTWYTH UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DEL CENTRO DE LA PROVINCIA DE BUENOS AIRES   (Argentina)

^d UNIVERSITY OF LIVERPOOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Androgenesis; Festuca arundinacea; Freezing tolerance; Lolium multiflorum; Novel variation; Plant breeding

Indexed keywords

ANDROGENESIS; ANTHER CULTURE; COLD TOLERANCE; FROST RESISTANCE; GENETIC TRAIT; HYBRID; MEIOSIS; PLANT BREEDING; PLANT GENOME;

FESTUCA ARUNDINACEA; LOLIUM MULTIFLORUM;

EID: 0033382670     PISSN: 01799541     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1439-0523.1999.00399.x     Document Type: Article

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