Reproductive biology of the andromonoecious Cucumis melo subsp. agrestis (Cucurbitaceae)

Annals of Botany

Volumn 104, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 1129-1139

  Kouonon, Leonie C ^a,b   Jacquemart, Anne Laure ^b   Zoro Bi, Arsene I ^a   Bertin, Pierre ^b   Baudoin, Jean Pierre ^c   Dje, Yao ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ NANGUI ABROGOUA   (Côte d’Ivoire)

^b UNIVERSITÉ CATHOLIQUE DE LOUVAIN   (Belgium)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LIÈGE   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Andromonoecy; Breeding system; Cucumis melo subsp. agrestis; Hand pollination; Inbreeding depression; Pollinators; Self compatibility

Indexed keywords

AUTOGAMY; CROP YIELD; CULTIVATION; DISPERSAL; EDIBLE SPECIES; FRUIT SET; GROWING SEASON; INBREEDING DEPRESSION; PLANT-INSECT INTERACTION; PLANT-POLLINATOR INTERACTION; REPRODUCTIVE BIOLOGY; REPRODUCTIVE STRATEGY; REPRODUCTIVE SUCCESS; SUBSPECIES; VINE;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BREEDING; CANTALOUPE; FRUIT; GERMINATION; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; INSECT; PHYSIOLOGY; PLANT SEED; POLLEN TUBE; POLLINATION; REPRODUCTION; SEASON;

ANIMALS; BREEDING; CUCUMIS MELO; FRUIT; GERMINATION; INSECTS; POLLEN TUBE; POLLINATION; REPRODUCTION; SEASONS; SEEDS;

AFRICA;

CUCUMIS MELO; CUCUMIS SATIVUS; CUCURBITACEAE; HEXAPODA; HYMENOPTERA; HYPOTRIGONA; MELO;

EID: 70350520840     PISSN: 03057364     EISSN: 10958290     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/aob/mcp196     Document Type: Article

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