Threshold size for vernalization in Senecio jacobaea: genetic variation and response to artificial selection

Functional Ecology

Volumn 10, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 281-288

  Wesselingh, R A ^a,b   Klinkhamer, P G L ^a  

^a LEIDEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Facultative biennial; Flower induction; Genetics; Life history; Size at maturity

Indexed keywords

MAGNOLIOPHYTA; SENECIO JACOBAEA; COMPOSITAE;

GENETIC VARIATION; VERNALIZATION;

EID: 0030470129     PISSN: 02698463     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/2389854     Document Type: Article

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