Reproductive behavior of diploid and allotetraploid Rhododendron L. 'Fragrant Affinity'

HortScience

Volumn 42, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 31-34

  Contreras, Ryan N ^a,b   Ranney, Thomas G ^a   Tallury, Shyamalrau P ^a  

^a NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Azalea; Azaleodendron; Cytology; Fertility; Flow cytometry; Genome size; Plant breeding; Pollen viability; Polyploidy; Tetraploid

Indexed keywords

CHROMOSOMES; CYTOLOGY; ENZYMES; GENES;

AZALEA; AZALEODENDRON; FLOW CYTOMETRY; GENOME SIZE; PLANT BREEDING; POLYPLOIDY;

PLANTS (BOTANY);

CHROMOSOMES; CYTOLOGY; ENZYMES; FERTILITY; GENES; PLANTS; POLYPLOIDS;

RHODODENDRON;

EID: 33846809041     PISSN: 00185345     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.21273/hortsci.42.1.31     Document Type: Article

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