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Reproductive Biology of Angiosperms

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Reproductive Biology of Plants

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In flowering plants reproduction may be sexual, parthenogenetic or by adventive embryony (see Johri 1984, Johri et al. 1992).

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Johri, B.M., Srivastava, P.S., Singh, N. (2001). Reproductive Biology of Angiosperms. In: Johri, B.M., Srivastava, P.S. (eds) Reproductive Biology of Plants. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-50133-3_11

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