Morphological and cytological development and starch accumulation in hermaphrodite and staminate flowers of olive (Olea europaea L.)

Sexual Plant Reproduction

Volumn 22, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 109-119

  Reale, Lara ^a   Sgromo, Carlo ^a   Ederli, Luisa ^a   Pasqualini, Stefania ^a   Orlandi, Fabio ^a   Fornaciari, Marco ^a   Ferranti, Francesco ^a   Romano, Bruno ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PERUGIA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Pistil abortion; Plastid; Staminate and hermaphrodite flowers; Starch

Indexed keywords

CHLOROPHYLL; STARCH;

ARTICLE; CYTOLOGY; FLOWER; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; HISTOLOGY; METABOLISM; OLIVE TREE;

CHLOROPHYLL; FLOWERS; OLEA; STARCH;

MAGNOLIOPHYTA; OLEA EUROPAEA;

EID: 70349873493     PISSN: 09340882     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00497-009-0096-1     Document Type: Article

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