Chromosome number and meiotic behaviour in Brachiaria jubata (Gramineae)

Journal of Genetics

Volumn 85, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 83-87

  Mendes Bonato, Andrea Beatriz ^a   Risso Pascotto, Claudicéia ^a   Pagliarini, Maria Suely ^a   Do Valle, Cacilda Borges ^b  

^a STATE UNIVERSITY OF MARINGÁ   (Brazil)

^b EMBRAPA CERRADOS   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Brachiaria jubata; Chromosome number; Interspecific crosses; Microsporogenesis; Pollen fertility

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; GENETICS; MEIOSIS; PLANT CHROMOSOME; POACEAE;

CHROMOSOMES, PLANT; MEIOSIS; POACEAE;

BRACHIARIA; BRACHIARIA JUBATA; POACEAE;

EID: 33745219185     PISSN: 00221333     EISSN: 00221333     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF02728976     Document Type: Article

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