An efficient screen for reproductive pathways using mature seeds of monocots and dicots

Plant Journal

Volumn 21, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 97-108

  Matzk, Fritz ^a   Meister, Armin ^a   Schubert, Ingo ^a  

^a LEIBNIZ INSTITUTE OF PLANT GENETICS AND CROP PLANT RESEARCH IPK   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

APOMIXIS; CELL MUTANT; DICOTYLEDON; FLOW CYTOMETRY; INHERITANCE; MONOCOTYLEDON; SEED DEVELOPMENT; SEXUAL REPRODUCTION;

PLANT PHYSIOLOGY; REPRODUCTION; SPECIES SPECIFICITY;

EID: 0034004356     PISSN: 09607412     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-313X.2000.00647.x     Document Type: Article

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