Does polyembryony reduce seed germination and seedling development in Eriotheca pubescens (Malvaceae: Bombacoideae)?

American Journal of Botany

Volumn 98, Issue 10, 2011, Pages 1613-1622

  Mendes Rodrigues, Clesnan ^a   Ranal, Marli A ^a   Oliveira, Paulo E ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF UBERLÂNDIA   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Adventitious embryony; Apomixis; Cerrado; Competition; Gemellar seedlings; Seedling emergence

Indexed keywords

APOMIXIS; BIOMETRY; CERRADO; DICOTYLEDON; DROUGHT; EMBRYONIC DEVELOPMENT; GERMINATION; GROWTH RATE; INTERSPECIFIC COMPETITION; NEOTROPICAL REGION; SAVANNA; SEEDLING EMERGENCE; SEEDLING ESTABLISHMENT; SIBLING; SURVIVAL;

ARTICLE; BRAZIL; GERMINATION; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; MALVACEAE; PHYSIOLOGY; PLANT SEED; QUANTITATIVE TRAIT; SEEDLING; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; STATISTICAL MODEL;

BRAZIL; GERMINATION; LINEAR MODELS; MALVACEAE; QUANTITATIVE TRAIT, HERITABLE; SEEDLING; SEEDS; SPECIES SPECIFICITY;

BRAZIL;

BOMBACOIDEAE; ERIOTHECA PUBESCENS; MALVACEAE;

EID: 84858420198     PISSN: 00029122     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3732/ajb.1100022     Document Type: Article

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