Germination capacity of stored pollen of Morus alba (Moraceae) and their maintenance

Pakistan Journal of Botany

Volumn 40, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 1823-1826

  Khan, Shaukat Ali ^a   Perveen, Anjum ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KARACHI   (Pakistan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MORACEAE; MORUS (PLANT); MORUS ALBA;

EID: 62149085030     PISSN: 05563321     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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