Effects of salt stress on the reproductive biology of the halophyte Plantago crassifolia

Biologia Plantarum

Volumn 49, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 141-143

  Boscaiu, M ^a,b   Estrelles, E ^b   Soriano, P ^b   Vicente, O ^c  

^a UNIVERSITAT POLITÈCNICA DE VALÈNCIA   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VALENCIA   (Spain)

^c Ciudad Politécnica de la Innovación   (Spain)

Author keywords

Flower development; Pollen germination; Pollen viability; Seed germination; Seed set

Indexed keywords

PLANTAGO; PLANTAGO CRASSIFOLIA;

EID: 17044362330     PISSN: 00063134     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10535-005-1143-x     Document Type: Article

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