Effects of floral thermogenesis on pollen function in Asian skunk cabbage Symplocarpus renifolius

Biology Letters

Volumn 5, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 568-570

  Seymour, Roger S ^a   Ito, Yuka ^b   Onda, Yoshihiko ^c   Ito, Kikukatsu ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ADELAIDE   (Australia)

^b IWATE UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TSUKUBA   (Japan)

Author keywords

Flower; Germination; Pollen; Skunk cabbage; Symplocarpus renifolius; Thermogenic

Indexed keywords

GERMINATION; GROWTH RATE; MONOCOTYLEDON; PHENOLOGY; POLLEN; TEMPERATURE EFFECT; TEMPERATURE TOLERANCE; THERMOREGULATION;

AIR TEMPERATURE; ARTICLE; CABBAGE; FERTILIZATION; FIELD EXPERIMENT; FREEZING; GROWTH RATE; GROWTH REGULATION; HEAT TOLERANCE; IN VITRO STUDY; LOW TEMPERATURE; NONHUMAN; POLLEN GERMINATION; POLLEN TUBE GROWTH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPRING; SYMPLOCARPUS RENIFOLIUS; TEMPERATURE DEPENDENCE; THERMOGENESIS; THERMOREGULATION;

SYMPLOCARPUS FOETIDUS;

EID: 67749122238     PISSN: 17449561     EISSN: 1744957X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rsbl.2009.0064     Document Type: Article

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