The importance of light intensity for pollen tube growth and embryo survival in wheat × maize crosses

Annals of Botany

Volumn 87, Issue 4, 2001, Pages 517-522

  Campbell, A W ^a,b   Griffin, W B ^a   Burritt, D J ^c   Conner, A J ^a,b  

^a THE NEW ZEALAND INSTITUTE FOR PLANT AND FOOD RESEARCH LIMITED   (New Zealand)

^b LINCOLN UNIVERSITY   (New Zealand)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Embryo survival; Intergeneric hybridization; Light intensity; Maize; Pollen tube growth; Triticum aestivum; Wheat; Zea mays

Indexed keywords

CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CROSS BREEDING; CULTIVAR; ELECTRON TRANSPORT; HAPLOIDY; LIGHT INTENSITY; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; PHOTOSYNTHETICALLY ACTIVE RADIATION; POLLEN TUBE GROWTH; SOMATIC EMBRYOGENESIS; SURVIVAL;

TRITICUM AESTIVUM; ZEA MAYS;

EID: 0034951076     PISSN: 03057364     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/anbo.2000.1363     Document Type: Article

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