Gametic embryogenesis and haploid technology as valuable support to plant breeding

Plant Cell Reports

Volumn 30, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 839-857

  Germanà, Maria Antonietta ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PALERMO   (Italy)

Author keywords

Anther culture; Doubled haploids; Gynogenesis; Homozygosity; Isolated microspore culture; Pollen embryogenesis

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURE; BIOTECHNOLOGY; BREEDING; CROP; FLOWER; GENETICS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; HAPLOIDY; HOMOZYGOTE; METHODOLOGY; MUTATION; PLANT CHROMOSOME; PLANT GAMETOGENESIS; POLLEN; PRENATAL DEVELOPMENT; REGENERATION; REVIEW;

AGRICULTURE; BIOTECHNOLOGY; BREEDING; CHROMOSOMES, PLANT; CROPS, AGRICULTURAL; FLOWERS; GAMETOGENESIS, PLANT; HAPLOIDY; HOMOZYGOTE; MUTATION; POLLEN; REGENERATION;

EID: 79954576950     PISSN: 07217714     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00299-011-1061-7     Document Type: Review

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