Towards a better insight into the development of the arillate fruit of litchi and longan

Acta Horticulturae

Volumn 558, Issue , 2001, Pages 185-192

  Huang, Huibai ^a  

^a SOUTH CHINA AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Aril; Dimocarpus longan Lour.; Embryogenesis; Fruit development; Fruit drop; Histogenesis; Hormones; Liquid endosperm; Litchi; Litchi chinensis Sonn.; Longan; Parthenocarpy; Sapindaceae family; Stenospermocarpy

Indexed keywords

DIMOCARPUS LONGAN; LITCHI (GENUS); LITCHI CHINENSIS; NEPHELIUM LAPPACEUM; SAPINDACEAE;

EID: 45849148274     PISSN: 05677572     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.17660/ActaHortic.2001.558.25     Document Type: Conference Paper

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