Storage of apple pollen and in vitro germination

African Journal of Agricultural Research

Volumn 6, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 624-629

  Imani, Ali ^a,b   Barzegar, Kazem ^c   Piripireivatlou, Saeed ^b   Masomi, Seiyed Hassan ^d  

^a SEED AND PLANT IMPROVEMENT INSTITUTE   (Iran)

^b ISLAMIC AZAD UNIVERSITY   (Iran)

^c TARBIAT MODARES UNIVERSITY   (Iran)

^d ISLAMIC AZAD UNIVERSITY   (Iran)

Author keywords

Apple; In vitro; Pollen germination

Indexed keywords

MALUS X DOMESTICA;

EID: 79957474425     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1991637X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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