In vitro manipulation of cucumber (Cucumis sativus L.) pollen and microspores: Isolation procedures, viability tests, germination, maturation

Acta Biologica Cracoviensia Series Botanica

Volumn 46, Issue , 2004, Pages 177-183

  Vižintin, Liliana ^a   Bohanec, Borut ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LJUBLJANA   (Slovenia)

Author keywords

Aniline blue in lactophenol; Cucumis sativus L.; Fluorescein diacetate (FDA); In vitro germination; MTT; Pollen isolation; Pollen viability

Indexed keywords

CUCUMIS SATIVUS;

EID: 15444368789     PISSN: 00015296     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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