Persistent, non-seed-size maternal effects on life-history traits in the progeny generation in squash, Cucurbita pepo

New Phytologist

Volumn 140, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 655-665

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

^a UNITED ARAB EMIRATES UNIVERSITY   (United Arab Emirates)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WINDSOR   (Canada)

Author keywords

Fruit development; Fruit removal; Male and female function; Maternal effects; Progeny generation; Seed size; Squash (Cucurbita pepo L.)

Indexed keywords

FRUIT; SEED PRODUCTION;

CUCURBITA PEPO; PEPO;

EID: 0032424218     PISSN: 0028646X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1469-8137.1998.00305.x     Document Type: Article

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