Growth and resource allocation in Cucurbita pepo ssp. texana: Effects of fruit removal

International Journal of Plant Sciences

Volumn 162, Issue 5, 2001, Pages 1089-1095

  Avila Sakar, G ^a   Krupnick, G A ^a   Stephenson, A G ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL AUTÓNOMA DE MÉXICO   (Mexico)

Author keywords

Cucurbita pepo ssp. texana; Phenotypic plasticity; Resource allocation; Sex allocation

Indexed keywords

FRUIT PRODUCTION; GROWTH; RESOURCE ALLOCATION;

CUCURBITA PEPO;

EID: 0034881115     PISSN: 10585893     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/322879     Document Type: Article

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