The Distribution of Fruit and Seed Toxicity during Development for Eleven Neotropical Trees and Vines in Central Panama

PLoS ONE

Volumn 8, Issue 7, 2013, Pages

  Beckman, Noelle G ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^b OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLIMBING PLANT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEVELOPMENTAL STAGE; FRUIT; FRUIT DEVELOPMENT; FUNGAL PLANT DISEASE; FUNGUS; FUSARIUM; GERMINATION; NATURAL ENEMY; NEOTROPICS; NONHUMAN; PANAMA; PERICARP; PHOMA; PHYTOTOXICITY; PLANT DEFENSE; PLANT GROWTH; PLANT SEED; TOXICITY TESTING; TREE;

ANIMALS; ARTEMIA; ASCOMYCOTA; ECOSYSTEM; FRUIT; FUSARIUM; GERMINATION; HOST-PATHOGEN INTERACTIONS; PANAMA; PLANT IMMUNITY; SEED DISPERSAL; SEEDS; TREES;

ARTEMIA; ARTEMIA FRANCISCANA; FUNGI; FUSARIUM; FUSARIUM SP.; INVERTEBRATA; PHOMA; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 84879761448     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0066764     Document Type: Article

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