Stigma receptivity and seed set in protogynous buffelgrass

Crop Science

Volumn 40, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 391-397

  Shafer, Gail S ^a   Burson, Byron L ^a   Hussey, Mark A ^a  

^a TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FLOWERING; GENETIC VARIANCE; GERMINATION; HYBRID; PLANT BREEDING; POLLEN GERMINATION; SEED; TROPICS;

CENCHRUS; CENCHUS; CENCHUS CILLARIS; PENNISETUM CILIARE; PENNISETUM GLAUCUM; POACEAE;

EID: 0034067731     PISSN: 0011183X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2135/cropsci2000.402391x     Document Type: Article

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