Title

Initiation and Origin of Stigma-Like Structures (SLS) on Ovary and Style Explants of Saffron in Tissue Culture

Journal title

Acta Biologica Cracoviensia s. Botanica

Yearbook

2010

Volume

vol. 52

Issue

No 1

Authors

Namin, Monir Hosseinzadeh ; Ebrahimzadeh, Hassan ; Ghareyazie, Behzad ; Radjabian, Tayebeh ; Namin, Hooman Hosseinzadeh

Divisions of PAS

Nauki Biologiczne i Rolnicze

Publisher

Biological Commission of the Polish Academy of Sciences – Cracow Branch

Date

2010

Identifier

DOI: 10.2478/v10182-010-0007-7 ; ISSN 0001-5296 ; eISSN 1898-0295

Source

Acta Biologica Cracoviensia s. Botanica; 2010; vol. 52; No 1

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