The interrelationships among leaf damage, anther development, and pollen production in Cucurbita pepo ssp. Texana (Cucurbitaceae)

International Journal of Plant Sciences

Volumn 164, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 395-404

  Avila Sakar, Germán ^a,b   Simmers, Sara M ^a   Stephenson, Andrew G ^a  

^a PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL AUTÓNOMA DE MÉXICO   (Mexico)

Author keywords

Herbivory; Microsporogenesis; Pollen number; Pollen size; Timing of leaf damage

Indexed keywords

DAMAGE; FLOWERING; HERBIVORY; POLLEN;

ANIMALIA; COROLLA; CUCUMIS SATIVUS; CUCURBITA; CUCURBITA PEPO; CUCURBITACEAE; PEPO;

EID: 0037963555     PISSN: 10585893     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/374196     Document Type: Article

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