Ploidy determination of black wattle (acacia mearnsii) using stomatal chloroplast counts

Southern African Forestry Journal

Volumn 198, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 79-82

  Beck, Sascha L ^a   Fossey, Annabel ^b   Mathura, Sadhna ^b  

^a INSTITUTE FOR COMMERCIAL FORESTRY RESEARCH   (South Africa)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KWAZULU NATAL   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Black wattle; Chloroplasts; Ploidy; Stoma

Indexed keywords

ACACIA; ACACIA MEARNSII;

EID: 0141538257     PISSN: 10295925     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/20702620.2003.10431738     Document Type: Article

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