Chromosome number, meiosis and pollen fertility in Vicia rigidula Royleand V. Tenera Grah. from cold desert regions of India

Cytologia

Volumn 75, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 9-14

  Kaur, Dalvir ^a   Singhal, Vijay Kumar ^a  

^a PUNJABI UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

Chromosome number; Cytomixis; Meiotic irregularities; V. tenera; Vicia rigidula

Indexed keywords

VICIA;

EID: 77953827885     PISSN: 00114545     EISSN: 00114545     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1508/cytologia.75.9     Document Type: Article

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