Path models for the abscission of reproductive structures in three contrasting cultivars of faba bean (Vicia faba)

Canadian Journal of Botany

Volumn 83, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 264-271

  Chbouki, Samira ^a,c   Shipley, Bill ^a   Bamouh, Ahmed ^b  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE SHERBROOKE   (Canada)

^b INSTITUT AGRONOMIQUE ET VÉTÉRINAIRE HASSAN II   (Morocco)

^c SIDI MOHAMED BEN ABDELLAH UNIVERSITY   (Morocco)

Author keywords

Faba bean; Flower abscission; Path analysis; Pod abscission; Vicia faba

Indexed keywords

COMPETITION; PHYSIOLOGY; VEGETATION;

FABA BEAN; VASCULAR SYSTEM; VASCULARIZATION; VEGETATIVE GROWTH;

PLANTS (BOTANY);

COMPETITION (ECOLOGY); FLOWER; LEGUME; PHYSIOLOGICAL RESPONSE; REPRODUCTIVE BIOLOGY;

COMPETITION; INFLORESCENCE; PHYSIOLOGY; PLANTS; VARIETIES;

PHASEOLUS (ANGIOSPERM); VICIA FABA;

EID: 18444362482     PISSN: 00084026     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/b04-168     Document Type: Article

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