The phenology of gender in homogamous flowers: Temporal change in the residual sex function of flowers of Oil-seed rape (Brassica napus)

Functional Ecology

Volumn 12, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 298-306

  Bell, S A ^a   Cresswell, J E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EXETER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Female function; Male function; Pollen deposition; Pollen dispensing; Pollination

Indexed keywords

FLOWERING; HOMOGAMY; OILSEED RAPE; PHENOLOGY; POLLINATION; SENESCENCE;

EID: 0031831724     PISSN: 02698463     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2435.1998.00190.x     Document Type: Article

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