Ornithogalum: From diploid to tetraploid

Acta Horticulturae

Volumn 570, Issue , 2002, Pages 251-254

  Blomerus, L M ^a  

^a AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH COUNCIL   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Chromosome number; Colchicine; In vitro; Ornithogalum; Tetraploid

Indexed keywords

HYACINTHACEAE; ORNITHOGALUM; ORNITHOGALUM DUBIUM; ORNITHOGALUM THYRSOIDES;

EID: 3042616680     PISSN: 05677572     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.17660/ActaHortic.2002.570.31     Document Type: Conference Paper

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