Cytology and pollen grain fertility in creeping bentgrass interspecific and intergeneric hybrids

Euphytica

Volumn 156, Issue 1-2, 2007, Pages 227-235

  Zhao, Han ^a   Bughrara, Suleiman S ^a   Wang, Yuexia ^a  

^a MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Creeping bentgrass; Intergeneric hybrids; Interspecific hybrid; Meiosis analysis; Pollen viability; Seed set

Indexed keywords

AGROSTIS; AGROSTIS STOLONIFERA; POLYPOGON;

EID: 34249089997     PISSN: 00142336     EISSN: 15735060     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10681-007-9369-7     Document Type: Article

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