Ploidy level variability in South American fescues (Festuca L., Poaceae): Use of flow cytometry in up to 5 1/2-year-old caryopses and herbarium specimens

Plant Biology

Volumn 8, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 73-80

  Smarda P ^a   Stancik D ^b  

^a MASARYK UNIVERSITY   (Czech Republic)

^b CHARLES UNIVERSITY   (Czech Republic)

Author keywords

Andes; Biogeography; Chromosome number; Desiccated tissue; Polyploidy

Indexed keywords

PLANT DNA;

PLOIDY;

ARTICLE; CLASSIFICATION; FESCUE; FLOW CYTOMETRY; FRUIT; GENETICS; PLOIDY; SOUTH AMERICA;

DNA, PLANT; FESTUCA; FLOW CYTOMETRY; FRUIT; PLOIDIES; SOUTH AMERICA;

FESTUCA; FESTUCA VAGINALIS; POACEAE;

EID: 31644449079     PISSN: 14358603     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1055/s-2005-872821     Document Type: Article

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