The impact of elevated UV-B (280-320 nm) radiation levels on the reproduction biology of a highland and a lowland population of Silene vulgaris

Plant Ecology

Volumn 128, Issue 1-2, 1997, Pages 173-179

  Van De Staaij, J W M ^a   Bolink, E ^a   Rozema, J ^a   Ernst, W H O ^a  

^a VU UNIVERSITY AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Fertilisation; Flowers; Germination; Mutation; Seed

Indexed keywords

SILENE VULGARIS; CARYOPHYLLACEAE;

BLADDER CAMPION; FLOWER; ULTRAVIOLET-B;

EID: 0030618532     PISSN: 13850237     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/a:1009710907336     Document Type: Article

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