Abnormal embryo development in the seagrass Posidonia oceanica

Aquatic Botany

Volumn 89, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 71-75

  Balestri, Elena ^a   Luccarini, Gualtiero ^b   Lardicci, Claudio ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PISA   (Italy)

^b Institute of Agricultural Biology and Biotechnology   (Italy)

Author keywords

Clonal propagation; Polyembryony; Reproductive anomaly; Seagrass; Sexual reproduction

Indexed keywords

CLONE; EMBRYONIC DEVELOPMENT; GERMINATION; SEAGRASS; SEXUAL REPRODUCTION;

POSIDONIA OCEANICA;

EID: 43049161170     PISSN: 03043770     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.aquabot.2008.02.006     Document Type: Article

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