The post-pollination ethylene burst and the continuation of floral advertisement are harbingers of non-random mate selection in Nicotiana attenuata

Plant Journal

Volumn 71, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 587-601

  Bhattacharya, Samik ^a   Baldwin, Ian T ^a  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR CHEMICAL ECOLOGY   (Germany)

Author keywords

female choice; floral advertisement; male male competition; Nicotiana attenuata; non random mate selection; pollen tube competition; post pollination ethylene burst; seed paternity

Indexed keywords

FEMALE CHOICE; FLORAL ADVERTISEMENT; NICOTIANA ATTENUATA; NON-RANDOM MATE SELECTION; POLLEN TUBE; POST-POLLINATION ETHYLENE BURST;

ETHYLENE; PLANT SHUTDOWNS; TUBES (COMPONENTS);

PLANTS (BOTANY);

ACETONE; BENZYL ACETONE; DRUG DERIVATIVE; ETHYLENE; ETHYLENE DERIVATIVE;

ARTICLE; ECOTYPE; FLOWER; GENETICS; METABOLISM; PHYSIOLOGY; PLANT SEED; POLLEN TUBE; POLLINATION; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; TOBACCO;

ACETONE; ECOTYPE; ETHYLENES; FLOWERS; POLLEN TUBE; POLLINATION; SEEDS; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; TOBACCO;

NICOTIANA; NICOTIANA ATTENUATA;

EID: 84864616294     PISSN: 09607412     EISSN: 1365313X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-313X.2012.05011.x     Document Type: Article

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