Development of carpogonial branch and nutritive tissue in Asparagopsis Taxiformis (Delile) trevisan (Bonnemaisoniaceae, Rhodophyta)

Phytomorphology: An International Journal of Plant Morphology

Volumn 49, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 453-462

  Kumar, Manoj ^a   Jha, Aditya ^a   Vijayaraghavan, M R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF DELHI   (India)

Author keywords

Asparagopsis taxiformis; Carpogonial branch; Hypogynous cell; Nutritive tissue; Prefertilization; Ultrastructure

Indexed keywords

EID: 0345828346     PISSN: 00319449     EISSN: None     Source Type: Trade Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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