Nectar Sugar Production across Floral Phases in the Gynodioecious Protandrous Plant Geranium sylvaticum

PLoS ONE

Volumn 8, Issue 4, 2013, Pages

  Varga, Sandra ^a   Nuortila, Carolin ^b   Kytöviita, Minna Maarit ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF JYVÄSKYLÄ   (Finland)

^b not available   (Finland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AIR TEMPERATURE; ARTICLE; BIOACCUMULATION; CARBOHYDRATE ANALYSIS; CARBOHYDRATE SYNTHESIS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE PLANT; FLOWER; FLOWERING; GERANIUM; GERANIUM SYLVATICUM; HERMAPHRODITIC SPECIES; HUMIDITY; NECTAR SUGAR PRODUCTION; NONHUMAN; PLANT PHYSIOLOGY; POLLINATOR; SEED PRODUCTION; ANIMAL; BIOSYNTHESIS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; HERMAPHRODITE; METABOLISM; NECTAR; POLLINATION; REWARD;

CARBOHYDRATE; NECTAR;

ANIMALS; CARBOHYDRATES; FLOWERS; GERANIUM; HERMAPHRODITIC ORGANISMS; PLANT NECTAR; POLLINATION; REWARD;

EID: 84876440612     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0062575     Document Type: Article

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