Timing of cotyledon damage affects growth and flowering in mature plants

Plant, Cell and Environment

Volumn 30, Issue 7, 2007, Pages 812-819

  Hanley, M E ^a,b   Fegan, E L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PLYMOUTH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Flowering phenology; Ontogeny; Plant animal interactions; Seedling establishment; Tolerance

Indexed keywords

DICOTYLEDON; FITNESS; FLOWERING; GENETIC VARIATION; GROWTH RATE; HERBIVORY; MATURATION; ONTOGENY; REPRODUCTION; SEEDLING ESTABLISHMENT;

ARTICLE; ASTERACEAE; CLOVER; COTYLEDON; FLOWER; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; PHYSIOLOGY; PLANTAGO; TIME;

ASTERACEAE; COTYLEDON; FLOWERS; PLANTAGO; TIME FACTORS; TRIFOLIUM;

EURASIA; EUROPE;

ANIMALIA; LEONTODON AUTUMNALIS; LEONTODON HISPIDUS; PLANTAGO; PLANTAGO LANCEOLATA; PLANTAGO MAJOR; TRIFOLIUM PRATENSE; TRIFOLIUM REPENS;

EID: 34249783446     PISSN: 01407791     EISSN: 13653040     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-3040.2007.01671.x     Document Type: Article

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