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    Factors affecting quantity of pollen dispersal of spray cut chrysanthemum (Chrysanthemum morifolium)

    Spray cut chrysanthemum is a vital flower with high ornamental value and popularity in the world. However, the excessive quantity of pollen dispersal of most spray cut chrysanthemum is an adverse factor during...

    **ao-Guang Wang, Hai-Bin Wang, Fa-Di Chen, Jia-Fu Jiang, Wei-Min Fang in BMC Plant Biology (2014)

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    Factors influencing fecundity in experimental crosses of water lotus (Nelumbo nucifera Gaertn.) cultivars

    Breeding programs for the water lotus (Nelumbo nucifera) are hampered by an inability to account for variation in seed set associated with crosses between different cultivars. We studied seed set in two reciproca...

    Nian-Jun Teng, Yan-Li Wang, Chun-Qing Sun, Wei-Min Fang, Fa-Di Chen in BMC Plant Biology (2012)

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    Overcoming pre-fertilization barriers in the wide cross between Chrysanthemum grandiflorum (Ramat.) Kitamura and C. nankingense (Nakai) Tzvel. by using special pollination techniques

    In our earlier study, pre-fertilization barrier was one of the main factors causing the failure of the wide hybridization between Chrysanthemum grandiflorum ‘Yuhuaxingchen’ and C. nankingense, and seriously restr...

    Chun-Qing Sun, Zhi-Zhe Huang, Yan-Li Wang, Fa-Di Chen, Nian-Jun Teng in Euphytica (2011)

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    Interspecific hybrids between Chrysanthemum grandiflorum (Ramat.) Kitamura and C. indicum (L.) Des Moul. and their drought tolerance evaluation

    Chrysanthemum grandiflorum ‘Yuhuaxingchen’ is an important commercial chrysanthemum cultivar with excellent ornamental quality but low drought tolerance, whereas C. indicum has exceptional drought tolerance. In o...

    Chun-Qing Sun, Fa-Di Chen, Nian-Jun Teng, Zhao-Lei Liu, Wei-Min Fang in Euphytica (2010)

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    Factors affecting seed set in the crosses between Dendranthema grandiflorum (Ramat.) Kitamura and its wild species

    Reproductive barriers often exist in the crosses between Dendranthema grandiflorum (Ramat.) Kitamura and its wild species and seriously result in low seed set, consequently reducing breeding efficiency. For the p...

    Chun-Qing Sun, Fa-Di Chen, Nian-Jun Teng, Zhao-Lei Liu, Wei-Min Fang in Euphytica (2010)

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    Meiosis and pollen germinability in small-flowered anemone type chrysanthemum cultivars

    Meiotic behavior in pollen mother cells and in vitro pollen germination were examined in a sample of small-flowered anemone type chrysanthemum cultivars. Bivalent formation predominated at metaphase I in all t...

    Fa-Di Chen, Feng-Tong Li, Su-Mei Chen, Zhi-Yong Guan in Plant Systematics and Evolution (2009)

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    Karyotype and meiotic analyses of six species in the subtribe Chrysantheminae

    The karyotypes and meiotic behaviour of six Chrysantheminae species are investigated. Pyrethrum coccineum (Willd.) Worosch. is a tetraploid, while the other five species (Argyranthemum frutescens (L.) Sch.-Bip.,

    Jian Li, Su-Mei Chen, Fa-Di Chen, Wei-Min Fang in Euphytica (2008)