Occurrence of unique three-celled megagametophyte and single fertilization in an aquatic angiosperm-Dalzellia zeylanica (Podostemaceae-Tristichoideae)

Sexual Plant Reproduction

Volumn 24, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 199-210

  Sehgal, Anita ^a   Khurana, Jitendra P ^b   Sethi, Minakshi ^a   Ara, Hussain ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF DELHI   (India)

^b UNIVERSITY OF DELHI   (India)

^c NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF PLANT GENOME RESEARCH   (India)

Author keywords

Aquatic angiosperm; Male gametes; Megagametogenesis; Pollination; Single fertilization; Three celled megagametophyte

Indexed keywords

ANGIOSPERM; AQUATIC SPECIES; ARTICLE; CYTOLOGY; FERTILIZATION; FLOWER; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; PHYSIOLOGY; PLANT GAMETOGENESIS; POLLEN TUBE;

ANGIOSPERMS; AQUATIC ORGANISMS; FERTILIZATION; FLOWERS; GAMETOGENESIS, PLANT; POLLEN TUBE;

DALZELLIA ZEYLANICA; MAGNOLIOPHYTA; PODOSTEMACEAE;

EID: 80051672580     PISSN: 09340882     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00497-010-0159-3     Document Type: Article

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