Improved flower advertisement, pollinator rewards and seed yield by enhanced UV-B radiation in the Mediterranean annual Malcolmia maritima

New Phytologist

Volumn 152, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 85-90

  Petropoulou, Y ^a   Georgiou, O ^a   Psaras, G K ^a   Manetas, Y ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PATRAS   (Greece)

Author keywords

Malcolmia maritima; Nectar amount; Pollination success; Seed yield; UV B radiation

Indexed keywords

ECOLOGICAL IMPACT; OZONE DEPLETION; POLLINATION; REPRODUCTIVE SUCCESS; SEED PRODUCTION; ULTRAVIOLET B RADIATION;

GREECE;

EID: 0034783926     PISSN: 0028646X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.0028-646X.2001.00241.x     Document Type: Article

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