Factors constraining fruit set in Mandevilla pentlandiana (Apocynaceae)

Botanical Journal of the Linnean Society

Volumn 129, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 187-205

  Torres, Carolina ^a   Galetto, Leonardo ^a  

^a Inst Multidisciplinario Biol V   (Argentina)

Author keywords

Abortion; Breeding system; Fruit quality; Inflorescence size; Seed set; Self compatibility; Surplus flowers

Indexed keywords

MANDEVILLA PENTLANDIANA;

EID: 0032921344     PISSN: 00244074     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/bojl.1998.0216     Document Type: Article

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