Efficient production of doubled haploid plants by immediate colchicine treatment of isolated microspores in winter Brassica napus

Plant Growth Regulation

Volumn 37, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 185-192

  Zhou, W J ^a   Tang, G X ^a   Hagberg, P ^b  

^a ZHEJIANG UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b Nilsson Ehle Laboratory   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Brassica napus L.; Chromosome doubling; Colchicine; Doubled haploid; Embryogenesis; Microspore culture

Indexed keywords

CHROMOSOMES; PLANT CELL CULTURE; SEED;

MICROSPORES;

PLANTS (BOTANY);

BRASSICA; BRASSICA NAPUS; SINAPIS ARVENSIS;

EID: 0036592434     PISSN: 01676903     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1020561201125     Document Type: Article

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