New insights into the variability of reproduction modes in European populations of Rubus subgen. Rubus: How sexual are polyploid brambles?

Sexual Plant Reproduction

Volumn 25, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 319-335

  Šarhanová, Petra ^a,c   Vašut, Radim J ^a   Dančák, Martin ^a   Bureš, Petr ^b   Trávníček, Bohumil ^a  

^a PALACKÝ UNIVERSITY   (Czech Republic)

^b MASARYK UNIVERSITY   (Czech Republic)

^c LEIBNIZ INSTITUTE OF PLANT GENETICS AND CROP PLANT RESEARCH IPK   (Germany)

Author keywords

Apomixis; Endosperm; Flow cytometry; Hybridisation; Rubus

Indexed keywords

RUBUS; RUBUS BIFRONS;

EID: 84869135925     PISSN: 09340882     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00497-012-0200-9     Document Type: Article

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