Sexual and vegetative reproduction in the aboveground part of a dioecious clonal plant, Dioscorea japonica (Dioscoreaceae)

Ecological Research

Volumn 20, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 387-393

  Mizuki, Inoue ^a   Ishida, Kiyoshi ^b   Kikuzawa, Kihachiro ^a  

^a KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b FORESTRY AND FOREST PRODUCTS RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Bulbil; Dioecy; Dioscorea japonica; Sexual reproduction; Vegetative reproduction

Indexed keywords

ANGIOSPERM; CLONAL ORGANISM; DIOECY; PHENOLOGY; RAMET; SEX-RELATED DIFFERENCE; SEXUAL DIMORPHISM; SEXUAL REPRODUCTION; VEGETATIVE REPRODUCTION;

DIOSCOREA ALATA; DIOSCOREA JAPONICA; DIOSCOREACEAE;

EID: 32044469541     PISSN: 09123814     EISSN: 14401703     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11284-005-0036-y     Document Type: Article

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