Pollen size in Carex: The effect of different chemical treatments and mounting media

Grana

Volumn 47, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 220-233

  Meltsov, Vivika ^a   Poska, Anneli ^b,c   Saar, Maret ^a  

^a ESTONIAN UNIVERSITY OF LIFE SCIENCES   (Estonia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TARTU   (Estonia)

^c TALLINN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Estonia)

Author keywords

Acetolysis; Carex; Cyperaceae; Glycerine; Potassium hydroxide; Silicon oil; Tertiary butyl alcohol

Indexed keywords

CHEMICAL METHOD; DEHYDRATION; HERB; POLLEN;

CAREX; CAREX HIRTA; CYPERACEAE; GLYCERINE;

EID: 55949091801     PISSN: 00173134     EISSN: 16512049     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00173130802435970     Document Type: Article

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