Pollen histochemistry and pollen: Ovule ratios in Zingiberaceae

Annals of Botany

Volumn 94, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 583-591

  Wang, Ying Qiang ^a,b   Zhang, Dian Xiang ^a   Chen, Zhong Yi ^a  

^a SOUTH CHINA INSTITUTE OF BOTANY   (China)

^b ZHONGKAI UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURE AND ENGINEERING   (China)

Author keywords

Breeding system; Lipid; Pollen; Pollen ovule ratio; Starch; Zingiberaceae

Indexed keywords

PALYNOLOGY; REPRODUCTIVE BIOLOGY;

ALPINIA; ZINGIBERACEAE;

LIPID; STARCH;

ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; CYTOCHEMISTRY; CYTOLOGY; FLOWER; GENETICS; PHYSIOLOGY; POLLEN; REPRODUCTION; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; ZINGIBERACEAE;

FLOWERS; HISTOCYTOCHEMISTRY; LIPIDS; POLLEN; REPRODUCTION; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; STARCH; ZINGIBERACEAE;

EID: 16544382456     PISSN: 03057364     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/aob/mch177     Document Type: Article

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