Triploidy causes sexual infertility in Cyrtanthus breviflorus (Amaryllidaceae)

Australian Journal of Botany

Volumn 59, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 238-243

  Ramsey, Mike ^a   Vaughton, Glenda ^a   Ascough, Glendon D ^b   Johnson, Steven D ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW ENGLAND   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KWAZULU NATAL   (South Africa)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLONAL ORGANISM; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; FLOW CYTOMETRY; FLOWER VISITING; FRUIT SET; GENETIC STRUCTURE; INFERTILITY; MONOCOTYLEDON; POLLINATION; POLLINATOR; POLYPLOIDY; REPRODUCTIVE BIOLOGY; SEXUAL REPRODUCTION;

AMARYLLIDACEAE; CYRTANTHUS BREVIFLORUS; HEXAPODA;

EID: 79957441851     PISSN: 00671924     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1071/BT10272     Document Type: Article

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