Breeding system in the cleistogamous species Centaurea melitensis (Asteraceae)

Canadian Journal of Botany

Volumn 77, Issue 11, 1999, Pages 1632-1640

  Porras, Rafael ^a   Álvarez, Jesús Miguel Muñoz ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CÓRDOBA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Asteraceae; Breeding system; Centaurea; Cleistogamy; Fruit production; Pollen ovule ratio

Indexed keywords

CHASMOGAMY; CLEISTOGAMY; FLOWERING; GERMINATION; OUTCROSSING; PLANT BREEDING; POLLEN GERMINATION; POLLEN TUBE GROWTH; POLLINATION; SELFING;

REPRODUCTIVE BIOLOGY; REPRODUCTIVE STRATEGY;

ASTERACEAE; CENTAUREA; CENTAUREA MELITENSIS; SPERMATOPHYTA;

EID: 0033508954     PISSN: 00084026     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/cjb-77-11-1632     Document Type: Article

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