Pollen fertility estimation of some sub-tropical flora of Pakistan

African Journal of Biotechnology

Volumn 9, Issue 49, 2010, Pages 8313-8317

  Ahmad, Khalid ^a   Shaheen, Nighat ^a   Ahmad, M ^a   Khan, Mir Ajab ^a  

^a QUAID I AZAM UNIVERSITY   (Pakistan)

Author keywords

District tank; Pollen fertility; Sub tropical flora

Indexed keywords

ANGIOSPERM; APIALES; ARTICLE; ASTERACEAE; BORAGINACEAE; BRASSICACEAE; CARYOPHYLLACEAE; CYPERACEAE; EUPHORBIA; FLORA; MELIACEAE; NONHUMAN; NYCTAGINACEAE; PAKISTAN; POACEAE; POLLEN; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; ZYGOPHYLLACEAE;

ARGYROLOBIUM; BRASSICACEAE; LILIOPSIDA; SPERGULARIA;

EID: 78650154112     PISSN: 16845315     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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