Temporal and intraclonal variation of flowering and pseudovivipary in Poa bulbosa

Annals of Botany

Volumn 113, Issue 7, 2014, Pages 1249-1256

  Ofir, Micha ^a   Kigel, Jaime ^a  

^a HEBREW UNIVERSITY OF JERUSALEM   (Israel)

Author keywords

Clonal reproduction; daylength; flowering; geophyte; photoperiod; Poa bulbosa; proliferation; pseudovivipary; summer dormancy; temperate grass

Indexed keywords

CLONAL ORGANISM; DORMANCY; FLOWERING; GEOPHYTE; GRASS; GROWTH RESPONSE; HETEROGENEITY; PHOTOPERIOD; REPRODUCTIVE STRATEGY; TEMPORAL VARIATION; VIVIPARITY;

RAIN;

ADAPTATION; ANIMAL; ENVIRONMENT; FLOWER; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; HEAT; ISRAEL; PHYSIOLOGY; POA; REPRODUCTION; SEASON;

ADAPTATION, PHYSIOLOGICAL; ANIMALS; ENVIRONMENT; FLOWERS; HOT TEMPERATURE; ISRAEL; POA; RAIN; REPRODUCTION; SEASONS;

EID: 84901448181     PISSN: 03057364     EISSN: 10958290     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/aob/mcu037     Document Type: Article

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