Delayed pollination, stigma length, sex expression, and progeny sex ratio in spinach, Spinacea oleracea (Chenopodiaceae)

American Journal of Botany

Volumn 83, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 326-332

  Miglia, Kathleen J ^a   Freeman, D Carl ^a  

^a WAYNE STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Chenopodiaceae; Pollination, delayed; Sex expression; Sex ratio; Spinach; Stigma length; Stigmatic growth, indeterminate

Indexed keywords

POLLINATION; STIGMA LENGTH;

CHENOPODIACEAE; SPINACEA OLERACEA; SPINACIA OLERACEA;

EID: 0029661659     PISSN: 00029122     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/2446167     Document Type: Article

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