Artificial decrease of leaf area affects inflorescence quality but not floral size in Antirrhinum majus

Scientia Horticulturae

Volumn 113, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 383-386

  Bayo Canha, Almundena ^a   Delgado Benarroch, Luciana ^a   Weiss, Julia ^a   Egea Cortines, Marcos ^a  

^a TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF CARTAGENA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Antirrhinum majus; Canalization; Defoliation; Floral size; Inflorescence development; Inflorescence quality; Primordia initiation

Indexed keywords

CANALIZATION (BIOLOGY); DEFOLIATION; DICOTYLEDON; DISEASE; FLORAL TRAIT; LEAF AREA;

ANTIRRHINUM; ANTIRRHINUM MAJUS;

EID: 34447563820     PISSN: 03044238     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.scienta.2007.04.015     Document Type: Article

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