Determination of pollen viability, germination ratios and morphology of eight apricot genotypes

African Journal of Biotechnology

Volumn 7, Issue 23, 2008, Pages 4269-4273

  Asma, Bayram Murat ^a  

^a INONU UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Flower biology; Malatya; Prunus armeniaca; Scanning electron microscope

Indexed keywords

SUCROSE;

APRICOT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FLOWER; GENOTYPE; GERMINATION; IN VITRO STUDY; NONHUMAN; POLLEN; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY;

PRUNUS ARMENIACA;

EID: 57649205608     PISSN: None     EISSN: 16845315     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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