Variation and allometry of seed weight in Aeschynomene americana

Annals of Botany

Volumn 82, Issue 6, 1998, Pages 843-847

  Zhang, Jianhua ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

Author keywords

Aeschynomene americana; Correlation among traits; Inter population variation; Seed weight; Weight distribution

Indexed keywords

AESCHYNOMENE AMERICANA;

EID: 0032426083     PISSN: 03057364     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/anbo.1998.0774     Document Type: Article

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