Critical phases in the seed development of common juniper (Juniperus communis)

Plant Biology

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 210-219

  Gruwez, R ^a   Leroux, O ^a   De Frenne, P ^a,b   Tack, W ^a   Viane, R ^a   Verheyen, K ^a  

^a GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Juniperus communis; Ripening time; Seed development; Seed viability

Indexed keywords

NITROGEN;

CONIFEROUS TREE; EMBRYONIC DEVELOPMENT; GAMETOPHYTE; LOWLAND ENVIRONMENT; RECRUITMENT (POPULATION DYNAMICS); REGENERATION; RIPENING; SEED; SEED PRODUCTION; SYNCHRONY; VIABILITY;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CLIMATE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FERTILIZATION; FLOWER; FRUIT; GEOGRAPHY; GERMINATION; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; HYMENOPTERA; JUNIPERUS; METABOLISM; MITE; PARASITOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PLANT DISEASE; PLANT SEED; POLLEN; POLLINATION; PRENATAL DEVELOPMENT; TEMPERATURE; TIME; TREE;

ANIMALS; CLIMATE; FERTILIZATION; FRUIT; GEOGRAPHY; GERM CELLS, PLANT; GERMINATION; HYMENOPTERA; JUNIPERUS; MITES; NITROGEN; PLANT DISEASES; POLLEN; POLLINATION; SEEDS; TEMPERATURE; TIME FACTORS; TREES;

EUROPE;

JUNIPERUS; JUNIPERUS COMMUNIS;

EID: 84870476089     PISSN: 14358603     EISSN: 14388677     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1438-8677.2012.00628.x     Document Type: Article

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