Resource re-allocation following fruit removal in cucurbits: Patterns in cantaloupe melons

New Phytologist

Volumn 134, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 413-422

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

^a SUEZ CANAL UNIVERSITY   (Egypt)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WINDSOR   (Canada)

Author keywords

Cantaloupe melon; Cost of reproduction; Floral sex ratio and lability; Leaf and flower demography; Resource re allocation

Indexed keywords

CUCUMIS; CUCUMIS MELO; MELO; CUCURBITACEAE;

CANTALOUPE; FRUIT REMOVAL; RESOURCE ALLOCATION;

EID: 0030424702     PISSN: 0028646X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1469-8137.1996.tb04358.x     Document Type: Article

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