Comparison of pollen production and quality characteristics of cultivated and wild almond species;Comparación de producción y características de calidad del polen de especies de almendro cultivadas y silvestres

Chilean Journal of Agricultural Research

Volumn 71, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 536-541

  Bayazit, Safder ^a   Çalişkan, Oguzhan ^a   Imrak, Burhanettin ^b  

^a MUSTAFA KEMAL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b CUKUROVA UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Amygdalus orientalis; Amygdalus turcomanica; Germination; Pollen; Prunus dulcis

Indexed keywords

EID: 84255183067     PISSN: 07185820     EISSN: 07185839     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4067/S0718-58392011000400006     Document Type: Article

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