Pollen viability and germination in some neotropical aroids

Botany

Volumn 86, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 98-102

  Barabé, Denis ^a   Lavallé, Karine ^a   Gibernau, Marc ^b  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

^b École Nationale de Formation Agronomique   (France)

Author keywords

Flower; Flowering cycle; French Guiana; Pollination

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; GRAIN (AGRICULTURAL PRODUCT);

FLOWERING CYCLE; FRENCH GUIANA; POLLINATION;

PLANTS (BOTANY);

ANGIOSPERM; FLOWER; GERMINATION; POLLEN; POLLINATION;

FRENCH GUIANA; SOUTH AMERICA;

ANAPHYLLOPSIS AMERICANA; ARACEAE; MONSTERA ADANSONII; MONTRICHARDIA ARBORESCENS; PHILODENDRON; PHILODENDRON MELINONII; PHILODENDRON PEDATUM; PHILODENDRON SOLIMOESENSE;

EID: 40449119837     PISSN: 19162804     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/B07-110     Document Type: Article

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