Stomatal length and frequency as a measure of ploidy level in black wattle, Acacia mearnsii (de Wild)

Botanical Journal of the Linnean Society

Volumn 141, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 177-181

  Beck, Sascha L ^a   Dunlop, Robert W ^a   Fossey, Annabel ^b  

^a INSTITUTE FOR COMMERCIAL FORESTRY RESEARCH   (South Africa)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KWAZULU NATAL   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Diploid; Forestry; Polyploid; Sterility; Tetraploid

Indexed keywords

GENETICS; PLOIDY; STOMATA;

ACACIA; ACACIA MEARNSII;

EID: 0037299653     PISSN: 00244074     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1095-8339.2003.00132.x     Document Type: Article

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