Regulation of Gender and Flowering Behavior in a Sexually Dimorphic Desert Shrub (Ochradenus Baccatvs Delile [Resedaceae])

Israel Journal of Plant Sciences

Volumn 43, Issue 4, 1995, Pages 325-337

  Wolfe, Lorne M ^a   Shmida, Avi ^a  

^a GEORGIA SOUTHERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

OCHRADENUS BACCATUS; RESEDACEAE;

BREEDING SYSTEM; DESERT SHRUB; FLOWERING BEHAVIOUR; GENDER REGULATION; PLANT SIZE;

ISRAEL, ARAVA VALLEY; ISRAEL, JUDEAN DESERT;

EID: 0028995084     PISSN: 07929978     EISSN: 22238980     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/07929978.1995.10676619     Document Type: Article

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