Microsporogenesis in tetraploid accessions of Brachiaria nigropedata (Ficalho & Hiern) Stapf (Gramineae)

Biocell

Volumn 29, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 295-301

  Utsunomiya, Karina Sayuri ^a   Pagliarini, Maria Suely ^a   Borges Do Valle, Cacilda ^b  

^a STATE UNIVERSITY OF MARINGÁ   (Brazil)

^b EMBRAPA CERRADOS   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Apomixis; Brachiaria nigropedata; Chromosome number; Grasses; Meiosis; Polyploidy

Indexed keywords

ANAPHASE; ARTICLE; BRACHIARIA; BRACHIARIA NIGROPEDATA; BRAZIL; CATTLE; CELL FUSION; CHROMOSOME SEGREGATION; CULTIVAR; CYTOGENETICS; CYTOKINESIS; HYBRIDIZATION; MEIOSIS; MICRONUCLEUS; MICROSPOROGENESIS; NONHUMAN; POLYPLOIDY; SOIL ACIDITY;

BRACHIARIA; CHROMOSOME ABERRATIONS; CHROMOSOMES, PLANT; MEIOSIS; POLYPLOIDY;

BOS TAURUS; BRACHIARIA; BRACHIARIA NIGROPEDATA; POACEAE;

EID: 33144466959     PISSN: 03279545     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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