Heat stress increases sensitivity of pollen, fruit and seed production in tomatoes (lycopersicon esculentum mill.) to non-optimal vapor pressure deficits

Acta Horticulturae

Volumn 618, Issue , 2003, Pages 209-215

  Peet, Mary ^a   Sato, Suguru ^b   Clémente, Christophe ^c   Pressman, Etan ^d  

^a NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Osaka Prefecture University   (Japan)

^c UNIVERSITÉ DE REIMS CHAMPAGNE ARDENNE   (France)

^d VOLCANI CENTER   (Israel)

Author keywords

Anther dehiscence; Fruitset; Male sterility; Plant sexual reproduction; Pollen germination; Pollen release; Relative humidity; Temperature stress; Undeveloped flowers

Indexed keywords

EID: 24644505961     PISSN: 05677572     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.17660/ActaHortic.2003.618.23     Document Type: Conference Paper

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