Testing hypothesized evolutionary shifts toward stress tolerance in hybrid Helianthus species

Western North American Naturalist

Volumn 66, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 409-419

  Brouillette, Larry C ^a,b   Gebremedhin, Maheteme ^a   Rosenthal, David M ^a,c   Donovan, Lisa A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

^b 2502 Miller Plant Sciences ^*  (United States)

^c PORTLAND STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HELIANTHUS; HELIANTHUS ANNUUS; HELIANTHUS ANOMALUS; HELIANTHUS DESERTICOLA;

EID: 33846000632     PISSN: 15270904     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3398/1527-0904(2006)66[409:THESTS]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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