The osmotic property and fluorescent tracer movement of developing orchid embryos of Phaius tankervilliae (Aiton) Bl

Sexual Plant Reproduction

Volumn 23, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 337-341

  Lee, Yung I ^a   Yeung, Edward C ^b  

^a NATIONAL MUSEUM OF NATURAL SCIENCE   (Taiwan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Embryology; Nun orchid; Plasmolysis; Suspensor; Transfer cell

Indexed keywords

FLUORESCENT DYE; WATER;

ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; METABOLISM; ORCHIDACEAE; OSMOSIS; PRENATAL DEVELOPMENT;

FLUORESCENT DYES; ORCHIDACEAE; OSMOSIS; WATER;

MAGNOLIOPHYTA; ORCHIDACEAE; PHAIUS TANCARVILLEAE;

EID: 78650179600     PISSN: 09340882     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00497-010-0143-y     Document Type: Article

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