Pollen tube transmitting tissue: Place of competition of male gametophytes

International Journal of Plant Sciences

Volumn 164, Issue 5 SUPPL., 2003, Pages

  Erbar, Claudia ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

Author keywords

P S O ratio; P O ratio; Pollen tube competition; Pollen tube transmitting tissue; Quantitative aspects of pollination

Indexed keywords

ANGIOSPERM; COMPETITION (ECOLOGY); FLORAL TRAIT; GAMETOPHYTE; POLLINATION;

ASTERACEAE; CICHORIUM INTYBUS; GEUM RIVALE; MAGNOLIOPHYTA; ROSACEAE;

EID: 0242575055     PISSN: 10585893     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/377061     Document Type: Conference Paper

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