Morphological and molecular characterization of bambusa tulda with a note on flowering

Annals of Botany

Volumn 98, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 529-535

  Bhattacharya, Samik ^a   Das, Malay ^b   Bar, Radharaman ^a   Pal, Amita ^a  

^a BOSE INSTITUTE   (India)

^b U S ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY   (United States)

Author keywords

Bambusa tulda; Culm; Culm sheath; Floral morphology; RAPD; Sporadic flowering

Indexed keywords

DNA;

BAMBOO; FLOWERING; GENETIC MARKER; MOLECULAR ANALYSIS; MORPHOLOGY;

ARTICLE; BAMBUSA; CHEMISTRY; FLOWER; GENETICS; HISTOLOGY; INDIA; MOLECULAR GENETICS; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYSIOLOGY; PLANT LEAF; RANDOM AMPLIFIED POLYMORPHIC DNA;

BAMBUSA; DNA; FLOWERS; INDIA; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PLANT LEAVES; RANDOM AMPLIFIED POLYMORPHIC DNA TECHNIQUE;

BAMBUSA; BAMBUSA TULDA;

EID: 33748040442     PISSN: 03057364     EISSN: 10958290     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/aob/mcl143     Document Type: Article

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