Thermogenic flowering of taro (Colocasia esculenta, Araceae)

Canadian Journal of Botany

Volumn 82, Issue 11, 2004, Pages 1557-1565

  Ivancic, Anton ^a   Lebot, Vincent ^b   Roupsard, Olivier ^c   Garcia, José Quero ^d   Okpul, Tom ^e,f  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARIBOR   (Slovenia)

^b Ctr Coop Internationale Rech A   (Vanuatu)

^c Ctr Coop Internationale Rech A   (Vanuatu)

^d CIRAD   (France)

^e University of Vudal   (Papua New Guinea)

^f National Agricultural Research Institute   (Papua New Guinea)

Author keywords

Colocasia esculenta; Inflorescence development; Pollination; Taro; Thermogenesis

Indexed keywords

AIR; BIODIVERSITY; SYNCHRONIZATION; THERMAL EFFECTS;

MICROSPOROGENESIS; THERMOGENIC ACTIVITY; THERMOGENIC FLOWERING;

PLANTS (BOTANY);

AIR TEMPERATURE; FLOWERING; POLLINATION;

AIR; AMBIENT CONDITIONS; BIODIVERSITY; PLANTS;

ESPIRITU SANTO [VANUATU]; MELANESIA; OCEANIC REGIONS; PACIFIC ISLANDS; PACIFIC OCEAN; VANUATU; WORLD;

ARACEAE; COLOCASIA ESCULENTA; INSECTA;

EID: 11244315084     PISSN: 00084026     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/B04-118     Document Type: Article

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