Pollen performance before and during the autotrophic-heterotrophic transition of pollen tube growth

Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences

Volumn 358, Issue 1434, 2003, Pages 1009-1018

  Stephenson, Andrew G ^a   Travers, Steven E ^a   Mena Ali, Jorge I ^a   Winsor, James A ^b   Barrett, S C H ^c   Scott, R J ^d  

^a PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^d University of Bath   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Gametophytic self incompatibility; Microgametophyte; Pollen competition; Pollen performance; Pollen tube growth; Selection

Indexed keywords

POLLEN;

CUCURBITA; CUCURBITA PEPO; PEPO; SOLANUM; SOLANUM CAROLINENSE;

EID: 0037967258     PISSN: 09628436     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rstb.2003.1290     Document Type: Conference Paper

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