Karyological study of four species of wheat grass (Agropyron sp.)

Pakistan Journal of Biological Sciences

Volumn 10, Issue 7, 2007, Pages 1093-1097

  Asghari, A ^a   Agayev, Y ^b   Fathi, S A A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MOHAGHEGH ARDABILI   (Iran)

^b Agricultural Biotechnology Research Institute of Iran   (Iran)

Author keywords

Agropyron sp.; B chromosomes; Karyology; Karyotype

Indexed keywords

AGROPYRON; AGROPYRON CRISTATUM; AGROPYRON DESERTORUM; TRITICUM AESTIVUM;

EID: 34247132265     PISSN: 10288880     EISSN: 18125735     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3923/pjbs.2007.1093.1097     Document Type: Article

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