Meiotic behavior and pollen viability in Moringa oleifera (Moringaceae) cultivated in southern Brazil

Genetics and Molecular Research

Volumn 10, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 1728-1732

  Silva, N ^a   Mendes Bonato, A B ^a   Sales, J G C ^a   Pagliarini, M S ^a  

^a STATE UNIVERSITY OF MARINGÁ   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Meiosis; Moringa oleifera; Pollen viability; Tripolar spindles; Unreduced gametes

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BRAZIL; CHROMOSOME BIVALENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEVELOPMENTAL STAGE; FLOWER; GAMETE; MEIOSIS; METAPHASE; MICROSPOROGENESIS; MITOSIS SPINDLE; MORINGA OLEIFERA; NONHUMAN; PLANT CHROMOSOME; PLANT DEVELOPMENT; POLLEN;

BRAZIL; CHROMOSOMES, PLANT; GERM CELLS, PLANT; MEIOSIS; METAPHASE; MORINGA OLEIFERA; PLANT PROTEINS; POLLEN; SPECIES SPECIFICITY;

MORINGA OLEIFERA; MORINGACEAE;

EID: 80955141284     PISSN: None     EISSN: 16765680     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4238/vol10-3gmr1490     Document Type: Article

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