Flow cytometry for plant breeding

Acta Horticulturae

Volumn 836, Issue , 2009, Pages 221-226

  Leus, L ^a   Van Laere, K ^a   Dewitte, A ^a   Van Huylenbroeck, J ^a  

^a INSTITUTE FOR AGRICULTURAL AND FISHERIES RESEARCH ILVO   (Belgium)

Author keywords

DNA amount; Genome size; Interspecific hybridisation; Ploidy; Polyploidisation; Unreduced pollen

Indexed keywords

EID: 75649095958     PISSN: 05677572     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.17660/ActaHortic.2009.836.31     Document Type: Article

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