Anther, pollen and tapetum development in safflower, Carthamus tinctorius L

Sexual Plant Reproduction

Volumn 24, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 307-317

  Yeung, Edward C ^a   Oinam, Gunamani S ^a,b   Yeung, Stephanie S ^b,c   Harry, Indra ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

^b SemBioSys Genetics Inc   (Canada)

^c NONE   (Canada)

Author keywords

Anther; Invasive and non invasive tapetal cells; Pollen development; Pollenkitt; Safflower; Tryphine

Indexed keywords

ASTERACEAE; CARTHAMUS; CARTHAMUS TINCTORIUS; ENDOTHECIUM;

EID: 81255149211     PISSN: 09340882     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00497-011-0168-x     Document Type: Article

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