The effect of 2n gametes on sex ratios in Actinidia

Sexual Plant Reproduction

Volumn 25, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 197-203

  Seal, Alan G ^a   Ferguson, A Ross ^a   de Silva, H Nihal ^a   Zhang, Jing Li ^a  

^a THE NEW ZEALAND INSTITUTE FOR PLANT AND FOOD RESEARCH LIMITED   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

2n gametes; Actinidia; Interspecific hybrids; Kiwifruit; Polyploidy; Sex ratios

Indexed keywords

ACTINIDIA; ARTICLE; DIPLOIDY; FLOWER; GENETICS; HYBRIDIZATION; PHYSIOLOGY; PLANT CHROMOSOME; POLYPLOIDY; SEEDLING; SEX RATIO;

ACTINIDIA; CHROMOSOMES, PLANT; DIPLOIDY; GERM CELLS, PLANT; HYBRIDIZATION, GENETIC; POLYPLOIDY; SEEDLING; SEX RATIO;

ACTINIDIA; ACTINIDIA CHINENSIS; ACTINIDIA DELICIOSA; ACTINIDIA ERIANTHA;

EID: 84865654569     PISSN: 09340882     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00497-012-0191-6     Document Type: Article

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