Fertility of exceptional bisexual individuals in four dioecious plant species

Sexual Plant Reproduction

Volumn 12, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 219-221

  Rottenberg, Aaron ^a  

^a HEBREW UNIVERSITY OF JERUSALEM   (Israel)

Author keywords

Breeding systems; Dioecy; Monoecy; Resource allocation; Sex determination

Indexed keywords

BRYONIA SYRIACA; POPULUS EUPHRATICA; RHAMNUS ALATERNUS; RHAMNUS PALAESTINUS;

EID: 0033963441     PISSN: 09340882     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s004970050003     Document Type: Article

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