The role of fungal pathogens in flower size and seed mass variation in three species of Hydrophyllum (Hydrophyllaceae)

American Journal of Botany

Volumn 93, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 389-398

  Marr, Deborah L ^a   Marshall, Michelle L ^a  

^a INDIANA UNIVERSITY SOUTH BEND   (United States)

Author keywords

Fungal pathogens; Fusarium; Hydrophyllum; Life history; Offspring size; Rhizoctonia; Seed mass; Seed number

Indexed keywords

FLOWER; FUNGUS; LIFE HISTORY; PATHOGEN; PERSISTENCE; SEED SIZE;

FUNGI; FUSARIUM; FUSARIUM SP.; HYDROPHYLLACEAE; HYDROPHYLLUM; HYDROPHYLLUM APPENDICULATUM; HYDROPHYLLUM CANADENSE; HYDROPHYLLUM VIRGINIANUM; HYPHOMYCETES; RHIZOCTONIA;

EID: 33644780752     PISSN: 00029122     EISSN: 00029122     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3732/ajb.93.3.389     Document Type: Article

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