Intraspecific variation in the ultraviolet colour proportion of flowers in Brassica rapa L.

Plant Breeding

Volumn 124, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 551-556

  Yoshioka, Y ^a   Horisaki, A ^b   Kobayashi, K ^a   Syafaruddin, ^a   Niikura, S ^b   Ninomiya, S ^c   Ohsawa, R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TSUKUBA   (Japan)

^b Tohoku Seed Company   (Japan)

^c NATIONAL AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH CENTER   (Japan)

Author keywords

Brassica rapa; F 1 hybrids; Insect behaviour; Seed yield; Visual cues

Indexed keywords

BRASSICA RAPA; BRASSICA RAPA SUBSP. RAPA; INSECTA;

EID: 28444494068     PISSN: 01799541     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1439-0523.2005.01132.x     Document Type: Article

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