No evidence of sex-differential pollen limitation at the flower level in the gynodioecious Gypsophila repens infected by Microbotryum violaceum

International Journal of Plant Sciences

Volumn 164, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 899-905

  López Villavicencio, Manuela ^a   Collin, Carine L ^a   Shykoff, Jacqui A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ PARIS SUD   (France)

Author keywords

Anther smut disease; Caryophyllaceae; Gynomonoecy gynodioecy; Gypsophila repens; Infection; Reproductive success

Indexed keywords

FECUNDITY; FRUIT PRODUCTION; FUNGAL DISEASE; GYNODIOECY; HOST-PATHOGEN INTERACTION; POLLEN LIMITATION; SEX-RELATED DIFFERENCE;

CARYOPHYLLACEAE; FUNGI; GYPSOPHILA; GYPSOPHILA REPENS; MICROBOTRYUM VIOLACEUM;

EID: 0842323755     PISSN: 10585893     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/378654     Document Type: Article

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