Are flowers morphologically adapted to take advantage of electrostatic forces in pollination?

New Phytologist

Volumn 152, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 301-306

  Vaknin, Yiftach ^a,c   Gan mor, Samuel ^b   Bechar, Avital ^b   Ronen, Beni ^b   Eisikowitch, Dan ^a  

^a TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

^b VOLCANI CENTER   (Israel)

^c Laboratoire de Toxicologie Environnementale   (France)

Author keywords

Artificial flowers; Electrodeposition; Electrostatic pollination; Floral morphology; Stigma exsertion

Indexed keywords

ADAPTATION; FLOWER; MORPHOLOGY; POLLINATION;

EID: 0034757445     PISSN: 0028646X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.0028-646X.2001.00263.x     Document Type: Article

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