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Hormonally Induced Polyembryos in Wheat
Author(s) -
FERGUSON J. D.,
McEWAN J. M.,
CARD K. A.
Publication year - 1979
Publication title -
physiologia plantarum
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.351
H-Index - 146
eISSN - 1399-3054
pISSN - 0031-9317
DOI - 10.1111/j.1399-3054.1979.tb02616.x
Subject(s) - scutellum , shoot , auxin , lime , biology , horticulture , botany , agronomy , germination , biochemistry , paleontology , gene
It had been shown previously that wheat plants, which had been sprayed with auxin herbicide al flowering lime, produced seeds with extra shoots. These shoots have now been found lo belong So new, and relatively normal, embryos formed in the lower part of the scutellum.