Effects of pollination timing on seed paternity and seed mass in Silene latifolia (Caryophyllaceae)

Annals of Botany

Volumn 104, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 767-773

  Burkhardt, Anne ^a,b   Internicola, Antonina ^a,c   Bernasconi, Giorgina ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LAUSANNE   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEUCHÂTEL   (Switzerland)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Microsatellite DNA; Paternity; Pollen; Pollen tube growth; Reproduction; Reproductive success; Seed mass; Silene alba; Siring success; Stigma wilting

Indexed keywords

BIOMASS; FERTILIZATION (REPRODUCTION); GENETIC MARKER; GENETIC VARIATION; HERB; PATERNITY; POLLINATION; REPRODUCTION; REPRODUCTIVE SUCCESS; TEMPORAL PERIOD;

ARTICLE; BIOMASS; CROSS BREEDING; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; PHYSIOLOGY; PLANT SEED; POLLEN TUBE; POLLINATION; SILENE; TIME; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

BIOMASS; CROSSES, GENETIC; POLLEN TUBE; POLLINATION; SEEDS; SILENE; TIME FACTORS;

CARYOPHYLLACEAE; SILENE; SILENE LATIFOLIA; SILENE LATIFOLIA SUBSP. ALBA;

EID: 69249222662     PISSN: 03057364     EISSN: 10958290     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/aob/mcp154     Document Type: Article

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