Plasticity and allometry of meristem allocation in response to density in three annual plants with different architectures

Botany

Volumn 86, Issue 11, 2008, Pages 1291-1298

  Zhang, Hongxuan ^a,b   Zhou, Daowei ^a,b,f   Huang, Yingxin ^c,d   Japhet, Wisdom ^a,b   Sun, Dandan ^e  

^a NORTHEAST NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b BEIJING UNIVERSITY OF POSTS AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS   (China)

^c Chinese Academy of Sciences   (China)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (China)

^e China Hydropower Consulting Group   (China)

^f NORTHEAST INSTITUTE OF GEOGRAPHY AND AGRICULTURAL ECOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

Architecture; Datura stramonium; Density; Fagopyrum esculentum; Strategy; Xanthium sibiricum

Indexed keywords

ALLOMETRY; ANNUAL PLANT; DEVELOPMENTAL STAGE; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; HERB; INTRASPECIFIC COMPETITION; VEGETATIVE REPRODUCTION;

DATURA STRAMONIUM; FAGOPYRUM ESCULENTUM; XANTHIUM; XANTHIUM SIBIRICUM;

EID: 56049111883     PISSN: 19162804     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/B08-079     Document Type: Article

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