Fruit abortion in the Chihuahuan-Desert endemic cactus Opuntia microdasys

Plant Ecology

Volumn 193, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 305-313

  Piña, Hugo H ^a   Montaña, Carlos ^a   Mandujano, María Del Carmen ^b  

^a INSTITUTO DE ECOLOGÍA   (Mexico)

^b INSTITUTO DE ECOLOGÍA   (Mexico)

Author keywords

Breeding system; Bunny ears prickly pear; Floral biology; Fruit and seed production; Nutrient and pollen limitation; Self incompatibility

Indexed keywords

AUTOGAMY; CACTUS; ENDEMIC SPECIES; FLORA; FRUIT; NUTRIENT LIMITATION; PHENOLOGY; POLLEN LIMITATION; POLLINATION; POLLINATOR; REPRODUCTIVE STRATEGY; REPRODUCTIVE SUCCESS; SEED PRODUCTION; SELF INCOMPATIBILITY;

CHIHUAHUAN DESERT; NORTH AMERICA;

CACTACEAE; OPUNTIA; OPUNTIA MICRODASYS;

EID: 35448971061     PISSN: 13850237     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11258-007-9269-x     Document Type: Article

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