Self/non-self discrimination in roots

Journal of Ecology

Volumn 91, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 525-531

  Falik, Omer ^a   Reides, Perla ^a   Gersani, Mordechai ^a   Novoplansky, Ariel ^a  

^a BEN GURION UNIVERSITY OF THE NEGEV   (Israel)

Author keywords

Allorecognition; Clonality; Competition; Double plants; Phenotypic plasticity; Physiological co ordination; Physiological integration; Roots; Split roots; Two shoot plants

Indexed keywords

COMPETITION (ECOLOGY); NATURAL SELECTION; PHENOTYPIC PLASTICITY; ROOT;

PISUM; PISUM SATIVUM;

EID: 0042210007     PISSN: 00220477     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2745.2003.00795.x     Document Type: Article

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