Effects of polyamines (putrescine, spermidine and spermine) on root tip mitosis and chromosomes in Allium cepa L.

Cytologia

Volumn 70, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 217-224

  Gömürgen, Ayşe Nihal ^a   Mutlu, Fatma ^a   Bozcuk, Suna ^a  

^a HACETTEPE UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Aberrant chromosomes; Allium test; Mitotic index; Polyamines; Putrescine; Spermidine; Spermine

Indexed keywords

ALLIUM; ALLIUM CEPA; ALLIUM SATIVUM;

EID: 23944462905     PISSN: 00114545     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1508/cytologia.70.217     Document Type: Article

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