Meiotic behavior and pollen viability of wild populations of the neotropical species Vriesea gigantea (Bromeliaceae)

Plant Species Biology

Volumn 23, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 217-221

  Palma Silva, Clarisse ^a   Paggi, Gecele Matos ^a   Felicetti, Ricardo Augusto ^a   Ferraz, Renato ^a   Kaltchuk Santos, Eliane ^a   Bered, Fernanda ^a   Bodanese Zanettini, Maria Helena ^a,b  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF RIO GRANDE DO SUL   (Brazil)

^b UNIVERSIDADE LUTERANA DO BRASIL   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Bromeliads; Cytogenetics; Plant fertility; Pollen limitation; Pollen quality

Indexed keywords

BROMELIACEAE; VRIESEA;

EID: 55649113778     PISSN: 0913557X     EISSN: 14421984     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1442-1984.2008.00225.x     Document Type: Article

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