Morphology of nectaries and biology of nectar production in the distylous species Fagopyrum esculentum

Annals of Botany

Volumn 102, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 675-684

  Cawoy, Valerie ^a   Kinet, Jean Marie ^a   Jacquemart, Anne Laure ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ CATHOLIQUE DE LOUVAIN   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Buckwheat; Distyly; Fagopyrum esculentum; Inflorescence position; Light intensity; Morph comparisons; Nectar sugar concentration; Nectar volume; Nectary histology; Organ biomass; Phloem sap; Plant age

Indexed keywords

AGE STRUCTURE; CHLOROPLAST; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CULTIVATION; DEFOLIATION; DICOTYLEDON; HISTOLOGY; LIGHT EFFECT; LIGHT INTENSITY; MORPHOLOGY; NECTAR; NECTARY; PHLOEM; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; PHYTOMASS; SECRETION; SUGAR; TRICHOME; XYLEM;

ARTICLE; BIOMASS; BIOSYNTHESIS; CARBOHYDRATE METABOLISM; CYTOLOGY; FAGOPYRUM; FLOWER; HISTOLOGY; LIGHT; METABOLISM; PHLOEM; PLANT EXUDATE; PLANT LEAF; RADIATION EXPOSURE;

BIOMASS; CARBOHYDRATE METABOLISM; FAGOPYRUM; FLOWERS; LIGHT; PHLOEM; PLANT EXUDATES; PLANT LEAVES;

FAGOPYRUM ESCULENTUM; MAGNOLIOPHYTA; POLYGONACEAE;

EID: 54249103535     PISSN: 03057364     EISSN: 10958290     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/aob/mcn150     Document Type: Article

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