A pattern of unique embryogenesis occurring via apomixis in Carya cathayensis

Biologia Plantarum

Volumn 56, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 620-627

  Zhang, B ^a,b   Wang, Z J ^a   Jin, S H ^a   Xia, G H ^a   Huang, Y J ^a   Huang, J Q ^a  

^a ZHEJIANG A F UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b Bureau of Agricultural Economics of Haiyan   (China)

Author keywords

adventitious embryony; female gametophyte; hickory; nucellar embryo

Indexed keywords

CARYA; CARYA CATHAYENSIS; POLYGONUM;

EID: 84862771047     PISSN: 00063134     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10535-012-0256-2     Document Type: Article

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