Preliminary isolation of viable protoplasts from egg cells in facultative apomictic guineagrass (Panicum maximum)

Cytologia

Volumn 70, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 171-179

  Chen, Lanzhuang ^a,c   Amano, Sachiko ^a   Guan, Liming ^a   Adachi, Taiji ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MIYAZAKI   (Japan)

^b Osaka Prefecture University   (Japan)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS HEALTH CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Apomixis; Embryo sac analysis; Enzyme treatment; Panicum maximum Jacq; Viable egg protoplast isolation

Indexed keywords

PANICUM MAXIMUM; UROCHLOA MAXIMA;

EID: 23944449591     PISSN: 00114545     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1508/cytologia.70.171     Document Type: Article

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