Attributes of individual flowers of Brassica napus L. are Affected by defoliation but not by intraspecific competition

Annals of Botany

Volumn 88, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 111-117

  Cresswell, James E ^a   Hagen, Charles ^a   Woolnough, Jessica M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EXETER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Brassica napus; Defoliation; Density effects; Flower size; Flowers; Intraspecific competition; Nectar production; Oilseed rape; Pollination; Transgenic plants

Indexed keywords

BIOMASS; CULTIVAR; DEFOLIATION; FLOWER MORPHOLOGY; FLOWERING; GENETIC MARKER; INTRASPECIFIC HYBRIDIZATION; PLANT COMPETITION; PLANT DENSITY; PLASTICITY; POLLINATION; TRANSGENIC PLANT;

DEFOLIATION; FLOWERING; INTRASPECIFIC COMPETITION;

BRASSICA NAPUS;

EID: 0034937557     PISSN: 03057364     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/anbo.2001.1431     Document Type: Article

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