Return to search

The action and use of colchicine in the production of tetraploid buckwheat (Fagopyrum esculentum).

The demonstration of the value of colchicine as an agent for chromosome doubling has opened a large reservoir of possibilities in plant breeding work. According to Muntzing (1936), "more than half of all the angiosperms found in nature are polyploids and some others have been produced experimentally." [...]

Identiferoai:union.ndltd.org:LACETR/oai:collectionscanada.gc.ca:QMM.118973
Date January 1951
CreatorsClark, Gordon Murray.
ContributorsBoyes, J. (Supervisor)
PublisherMcGill University
Source SetsLibrary and Archives Canada ETDs Repository / Centre d'archives des thèses électroniques de Bibliothèque et Archives Canada
LanguageEnglish
Detected LanguageEnglish
TypeElectronic Thesis or Dissertation
Formatapplication/pdf
CoverageMaster of Science. (Department of Genetics. )
RightsAll items in eScholarship@McGill are protected by copyright with all rights reserved unless otherwise indicated.
Relationalephsysno: NNNNNNNNN, Theses scanned by McGill Library.

Page generated in 0.0018 seconds