Flow cytometric evidence for endopolyploidization in cabbage (Brassica oleracea L.) flowers

Sexual Plant Reproduction

Volumn 13, Issue 5, 2001, Pages 279-283

  Kudo, Nobuhiro ^a   Kimura, Yasuo ^a  

^a Division of Plant Biotechnology   (Japan)

Author keywords

Brassica oleracea; Endopolyploidy; Endoreduplication; Flow cytometry; Flower development

Indexed keywords

BRASSICA OLERACEA;

EID: 0034443731     PISSN: 09340882     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s004970100066     Document Type: Article

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