Evidence of sexuality in induced tetraploids of Brachiaria brizantha (Poaceae)

Euphytica

Volumn 144, Issue 1-2, 2005, Pages 39-50

  Guerra Araujo, Ana Claudia ^a   Nóbrega, Janine Machado ^a,b   Pozzobon, Marisa Toniolo ^a   De Campos Carneiro, Vera Tavares ^a  

^a EMBRAPA RECURSOS GENÉTICOS E BIOTECNOLOGIA   (Brazil)

^b Faculdades Integradas da Terra de Brasília   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Apomixis; Caryopses; Chromosome; Embryo sac; Meiosis; Ploidy

Indexed keywords

BRACHIARIA; PANICUM; POACEAE; POLYGONUM; UROCHLOA BRIZANTHA;

EID: 25444491458     PISSN: 00142336     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10681-005-2842-2     Document Type: Article

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