Female and male sterility cause low fruit set in a clone of the 'Trevatt' variety of apricot (Prunus armeniaca)

Scientia Horticulturae

Volumn 82, Issue 3-4, 1999, Pages 255-263

  Lillecrapp, A M ^a   Wallwork, M A ^a   Sedgley, M ^a  

^a Viticulture Oenology Waite A ^*  (Australia)

Author keywords

Anther; Apricot; Embryo sac; Fertility; Microscopy; Ovule; Pollen grain; Prunus

Indexed keywords

ANTHER CULTURE; CLONE; FEMALE INFERTILITY; MALE INFERTILITY; MICROSCOPY; MUTATION; OVULE CULTURE; PLANT GENETICS; PLANT VARIETY;

PRUNUS ARMENIACA;

EID: 0033599059     PISSN: 03044238     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0304-4238(99)00061-8     Document Type: Article

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