Relationships between meiotic irregularities and fertility in diploid and triploid Musa L.

Cytologia

Volumn 69, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 387-393

  Adeleke, Martina T V ^a,b   Pillay, Michael ^a,c   Okoli, Bosa E ^a,d  

^a INTERNATIONAL INSTITUTE OF TROPICAL AGRICULTURE   (Nigeria)

^b RIVERS STATE UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Nigeria)

^c INTERNATIONAL INSTITUTE OF TROPICAL AGRICULTURE   (Uganda)

^d UNIVERSITY OF PORT HARCOURT   (Nigeria)

Author keywords

Fertility; Laggards; Musa spp.; Univalents

Indexed keywords

MUSA;

EID: 15244354055     PISSN: 00114545     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1508/cytologia.69.387     Document Type: Article

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