Pollination regulation of flower development

Annual Review of Plant Biology

Volumn 48, Issue , 1997, Pages 547-574

  O'Neill, Sharman D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Auxin; Development; Ethylene; Gametophyte; Ovule development; Senescence

Indexed keywords

EMBRYOPHYTA;

EID: 0346983728     PISSN: 15435008     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1146/annurev.arplant.48.1.547     Document Type: Article

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