Ultrastructure and development of the megagametophyte in Eleusine tristachya (Lam.) Lam. (Poaceae)

Flora: Morphology, Distribution, Functional Ecology of Plants

Volumn 202, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 293-301

  Lovisolo, M R ^a   Galati, B G ^b  

^a Universidad Nacional de Lomas de Zamora   (Argentina)

^b UNIVERSIDAD DE BUENOS AIRES   (Argentina)

Author keywords

Chloridoideae; Embryology; Megagametogenesis; Megasporogenesis

Indexed keywords

DEVELOPMENTAL BIOLOGY; EMBRYONIC DEVELOPMENT; GAMETOGENESIS; GAMETOPHYTE; GRASS; METABOLISM; METABOLITE; MICROSCOPY; NATIVE SPECIES; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

ARGENTINA; BUENOS AIRES [ARGENTINA]; SOUTH AMERICA; URUGUAY;

CHLORIDOIDEAE; ELEUSINE; ELEUSINE TRISTACHYA; POACEAE; POLYGONUM;

EID: 34249983189     PISSN: 03672530     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.flora.2006.04.002     Document Type: Article

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