Seed production of flowering plants is influenced by water availability and pollen deposition, but is there an interaction between these factors?
Tag - seed production
William Salter
Polyploid plants take a leaf out from the invasive species book
The extent to which propagule pressure limits the establishment of local polyploid populations remains to be determined, because we know so little.
Juniper Kiss
Reproductive assurance weakens pollinator-mediated selection on flower size
The consequences of delayed selfing by reproductive assurance for selection on flower size in mixed-mating species is relevant to understand the evolution of plant breeding systems.
Alex Assiry
Within-plant epigenetic mosaicism is related to subindividual heterogeneity in seed size and production
Homologous organs produced by individual plants are not identical, and within-plant phenotypic variance often exceeds variance between plants. Alonso et al. hypothesised that epigenetic mosaicism, caused by...
botanyone
Model-based calculating tool for gene flow
The potential socioeconomic and environmental impacts caused by transgene flow from genetically engineered (GE) crops have stimulated worldwide biosafety concerns. A recent study published in AoB PLANTS by Wang and Lu...
AoBPLANTS
Signal honesty and cost of pollinator-rewards in Dalechampia
Most species of Dalechampia vines (Euphorbiaceae) attract bee pollinators with terpenoid resins secreted by a gland-like structure in the inflorescence. Pélabon et al. study the costs of resin production in D. scandens...
Costs of reproduction in a gynodioecious species
In gynodioecious species hermaphroditic plants coexist with female plants. Toivonen and Mutikainen find that experimentally increased reproductive output leads to differential costs of reproduction in the gynodioecious...
