Determination of floral initiation in Malus domestica: A novel morphogenetic approach

Biologia Plantarum

Volumn 55, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 243-252

  Dadpour, M R ^a,b   Movafeghi, A ^a,b   Grigorian, W ^a   Omidi, Y ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TABRIZ   (Iran)

^b TABRIZ UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

Author keywords

apple; cell division pattern; epi illumination light microscopy; fluorescence microscopy; shoot apical meristem

Indexed keywords

MALUS X DOMESTICA;

EID: 79955545619     PISSN: 00063134     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10535-011-0035-5     Document Type: Article

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