Does endosperm reduce intra-fruit competition among developing seeds?

Plant Systematics and Evolution

Volumn 201, Issue 1-4, 1996, Pages 263-270

  Uma Shaanker, R ^a   Ravishankar, K V ^a   Hegde, S G ^a   Ganeshaiah, K N ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES   (India)

Author keywords

Endosperm; locules; maternal strategy; multiovulated ovary; phylogenetic constraint; seed abortion; sibling rivalry

Indexed keywords

EID: 0029850488     PISSN: 03782697     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF00989066     Document Type: Article

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