Flowering-shoot defoliation affects pollen grain size and postpollination pollen performance in Alstroemeria a urea

Ecology

Volumn 79, Issue 6, 1998, Pages 2133-2142

  Aizen, Marcelo A ^a   Raffaele, Estela ^a  

^a LABORATORIO ECOTONO   (Argentina)

Author keywords

Alstroemeria aurea; Defoliation; Male fitness; Pollen grain germination and size; Pollen production; Pollen tube growth; Seed mass; Seed siring

Indexed keywords

DEFOLIATION; GERMINATION; GRAIN SIZE; PERFORMANCE ASSESSMENT; POLLEN;

ALSTROEMERIA AUREA;

EID: 0031670567     PISSN: 00129658     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1890/0012-9658(1998)079[2133:fsdapg]2.0.co;2     Document Type: Article

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