Intra-fruit seed abortion in a wind dispersed tree, Dalbergia sissoo roxb: Proximate mechanisms

Sexual Plant Reproduction

Volumn 9, Issue 5, 1996, Pages 273-278

  Mohan Raju, B ^a   Uma Shaanker, R ^a   Ganeshaiah, K N ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES   (India)

Author keywords

14C sucrose uptake; Dalbergia sissoo; Diffusate; Seed abortion; Sibling rivalry

Indexed keywords

DALBERGIA; DALBERGIA SISSOO;

EID: 10344259076     PISSN: 09340882     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF02152702     Document Type: Article

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