Resource re-allocation following fruit removal in cucurbits: Patterns in two varieties of squash

New Phytologist

Volumn 133, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 583-593

  El Keblawy, Ali ^a   Lovett Doust, J ^b  

^a SUEZ CANAL UNIVERSITY   (Egypt)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WINDSOR   (Canada)

Author keywords

Cucurbits; Floral sex lability and ratio; Leaf and flower demography; Maternal investment; Resource re allocation

Indexed keywords

EID: 0001252391     PISSN: 0028646X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1469-8137.1996.tb01927.x     Document Type: Article

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