Pollination of a cultivated fig, Ficus pumila var. awkeotsang, in South China

Symbiosis

Volumn 45, Issue 1-3, 2008, Pages 33-36

  Chen, Yong ^a   Li, Hong Qing ^b   Ruan, Shao Jiang ^a   Ma, Wei Liang ^b  

^a Ningde Teachers College   (China)

^b EAST CHINA NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Cultivation; Ficus pumila var. awkeotsang; Pollination biology; Wiebesia pumilae

Indexed keywords

ANGIOSPERM; CULTIVATION; POLLINATION; REPRODUCTION; VINE; WASP; WILD POPULATION;

ASIA; CHINA; EURASIA; FAR EAST;

FICUS PUMILA; WIEBESIA PUMILAE;

EID: 41549112582     PISSN: 03345114     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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