Polyploidization using colchicine in horticultural plants: A review

Scientia Horticulturae

Volumn 246, Issue , 2019, Pages 604-617

  Eng, Wee Hiang ^a   Ho, Wei Seng ^a  

^a UNIVERSITI MALAYSIA SARAWAK   (Malaysia)

Author keywords

Antimitotic agent; Chromosome counting; Chromosome doubling; Flow cytometry; Polyploid

Indexed keywords

CELL; CHROMOSOME; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); DRUG; FLOW CYTOMETRY; HORTICULTURE; IDENTIFICATION METHOD; LITERATURE REVIEW; POLYPLOIDY; SPECIATION (BIOLOGY); ULTRASTRUCTURE;

EID: 85056906931     PISSN: 03044238     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.scienta.2018.11.010     Document Type: Review

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