Microsporogenesis, pollen mitosis and pollen tube growth in Gagea villosa (Liliaceae)

Biologia (Poland)

Volumn 69, Issue 10, 2014, Pages 1323-1330

  Ekici, Nuran ^a  

^a TRAKYA UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Gagea villosa; Liliaceae; microsporogenesis; pollen tube

Indexed keywords

ENDOTHECIUM; GAGEA VILLOSA; LILIACEAE;

EID: 84920282753     PISSN: 00063088     EISSN: 13369563     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2478/s11756-014-0439-8     Document Type: Article

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