Pleiotropic effects of γ-irradiation on in vitro pollen germination and fertility in soybean

Cytologia

Volumn 71, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 315-320

  Kumar, Girjesh ^a   Rai, Priyanka ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALLAHABAD   (India)

Author keywords

irradiation; In vitro germination; Pollen tube; Soybean

Indexed keywords

GLYCINE MAX;

EID: 33750705931     PISSN: 00114545     EISSN: 00114545     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1508/cytologia.71.315     Document Type: Article

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