Fertilization in maize indeterminate gametophyte1 mutant

Protoplasma

Volumn 223, Issue 2-4, 2004, Pages 111-120

  Guo, Fengli ^a   Huang, Bing Quan ^b,c   Han, Yuzhen ^a   Zee, Sze Yong ^b  

^a CHINA AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^c MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

Author keywords

Embryo sac; Fertilization; Maize ig1 mutant; Zea mays

Indexed keywords

ZEA; ZEA MAYS;

EID: 3142577461     PISSN: 0033183X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00709-004-0045-7     Document Type: Article

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