Exsertion, flowering, and shedding in Panicum maxicum (Poaceae)

American Journal of Botany

Volumn 83, Issue 10, 1996, Pages 1323-1328

  Noirot, Michel ^a   Ollitrault, Patrick ^b  

^a INSTITUT DE RECHERCHE POUR LE DÉVELOPPEMENT   (France)

^b CIRAD   (France)

Author keywords

exsertion; flowering pattern; Panicum maximum; Poaceae; ripening time; seed set

Indexed keywords

PANICUM MAXICUM; POACEAE;

EXSERTION; FLOWERING PATTERN; RIPENING TIME; SEED SET;

EID: 0030301959     PISSN: 00029122     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/2446117     Document Type: Article

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