Fertilization and In Vitro Growth of Ovules in Japanese Chestnut (Castanea crenata Sieb. et Zucc.)

Journal of the Japanese Society for Horticultural Science

Volumn 72, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 482-487

  Nakamura, Masahiro ^a  

^a MIYAGI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Fertilization; Ovule culture; Ovule development; Pollen tube growth

Indexed keywords

CASTANEA; CASTANEA CRENATA; SPERMATOPHYTA;

EID: 0344719090     PISSN: 18823351     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2503/jjshs.72.482     Document Type: Article

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