Male fertility and occurrence of 2n gametes in East African Highland bananas (Musa spp.)

Euphytica

Volumn 164, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 53-62

  Ssebuliba, Ruth N ^a,b   Tenkouano, Abdou ^c,d   Pillay, Michael ^a,e  

^a INTERNATIONAL INSTITUTE OF TROPICAL AGRICULTURE   (Uganda)

^b Sustainable Agriculture for Rural Development   (Uganda)

^c INTERNATIONAL INSTITUTE OF TROPICAL AGRICULTURE   (Cameroon)

^d NATIONAL NUCLEAR RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Ghana)

^e VAAL UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (South Africa)

Author keywords

2n gametes; Actual male fertility; Banana; Pollen quantity staining fertility

Indexed keywords

MUSA; MUSA ACUMINATA;

EID: 54849205700     PISSN: 00142336     EISSN: 15735060     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10681-007-9637-6     Document Type: Article

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