Pollen resistance to water in 80 angiosperm species: Flower structures protect rain-susceptible pollen

New Phytologist

Volumn 183, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 892-899

  Mao, Yun Yun ^a   Huang, Shuang Quan ^a  

^a WUHAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Floral form; Half life of pollen; Pollen longevity; Pollen performance; Pollen presentation

Indexed keywords

RAIN; WATER;

ADAPTATION; ANGIOSPERM; FLOWER; LONGEVITY; MORPHOLOGY; PLANT-POLLINATOR INTERACTION; POLLEN; RAINFALL; VIABILITY;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANGIOSPERM; ARTICLE; FLOWER; GERMINATION; HALF LIFE TIME; HISTOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; POLLEN;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANGIOSPERMS; FLOWERS; GERMINATION; HALF-LIFE; POLLEN; RAIN; WATER;

MAGNOLIOPHYTA;

EID: 67650941448     PISSN: 0028646X     EISSN: 14698137     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1469-8137.2009.02925.x     Document Type: Article

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