An in Vitro Study of Fungicide Effects on Pollen Germination and Tube Growth in Almond

HortScience

Volumn 38, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 1086-1088

  Yi, Weiguang ^a   Law, S Edward ^b   Wetzstein, Hazel Y ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

^b University of Georgia   (United States)

Author keywords

Pollen tube morphology; Prunus dulcis

Indexed keywords

CROPS; FORESTRY; FRUITS; MORPHOLOGY;

POLLEN GERMINATION;

FUNGICIDES;

PRUNUS; PRUNUS DULCIS;

EID: 0345447620     PISSN: 00185345     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.21273/hortsci.38.6.1086     Document Type: Article

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