Developing tetraploid perennial ryegrass (Lolium perenne L.) populations

New Zealand Journal of Agricultural Research

Volumn 47, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 45-49

  Nair, Ramakrishnan M ^a,b,c  

^a Hamilton Research Institute   (Australia)

^b Cooperative Research Centrefor Molecular Plant Breeding ^*  (Australia)

^c SOUTH AUSTRALIAN RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT INSTITUTE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Colchicine; Flow cytometric technique; Lolium perenne; Root tip squash technique; Tetraploid

Indexed keywords

FLOW CYTOMETRY; GERMPLASM; PLANT BREEDING;

LOLIUM; LOLIUM PERENNE;

EID: 2542523895     PISSN: 00288233     EISSN: 11758775     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00288233.2004.9513569     Document Type: Article

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