Semi in vivo pollen tube growth of Aechmea fasciata

Plant Cell, Tissue and Organ Culture

Volumn 76, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 67-73

  Vervaeke, I ^a   Delen, R ^a   Wouters, J ^a   Deroose, R ^a   De Proft, M P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Bromeliaceae; DAPI; Generative nucleus; Semi in vitro pollen tube growth; Sperm cell

Indexed keywords

GLUCOSE; VEGETATION;

POLLEN TUBES;

PLANTS (BOTANY);

AECHMEA; BROMELIACEAE; EMBRYOPHYTA;

EID: 1642488247     PISSN: 01676857     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1025836915087     Document Type: Article

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