Heterochrony and its role in sex determination of cryptically dioecious Consolea (Cactaceae) staminate flowers

Botanical Journal of the Linnean Society

Volumn 156, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 305-326

  Strittmatter, Lara I ^a   Hickey, R James ^a   Negrón Ortiz, Vivian ^a  

^a MIAMI UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Breeding system; Effective pollination period; Male sex determination; Megagametogenesis; Megasporogenesis; Ovule development; Senescence; Unisexual flower

Indexed keywords

CACTUS; DEVELOPMENTAL STAGE; EMBRYO; HYPOTHESIS TESTING; SENESCENCE; SEX DETERMINATION;

CACTACEAE; CONSOLEA; OPUNTIOIDEAE;

EID: 38749148452     PISSN: 00244074     EISSN: 10958339     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1095-8339.2007.00754.x     Document Type: Article

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