Preventing self-fertilization: Insights from Ziziphus species [PDF]
Frontiers in Plant Science, 2023 The fitness of self-progeny individuals is inferior to that of their outcrossed counterparts, resulting in a reduction in a plant population’s ability to survive and reproduce.
Noemi Tel-Zur
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Male reproductive success is not strongly affected by phenological changes in mate availability in monoecious Sagittaria latifolia [PDF]
Royal Society Open Science, 2023 Many plants express their female and male sex roles at different times (dichogamy), with important consequences for mating. Dichogamy can yield mate limitation via biased floral sex ratios, particularly at the beginning and end of the flowering season ...
Allison Kwok +2 more
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Mapping the Genetic Regions Responsible for Key Phenology-Related Traits in the European Hazelnut [PDF]
Frontiers in Plant Science, 2021 An increasing interest in the cultivation of (European) hazelnut (Corylus avellana) is driving a demand to breed cultivars adapted to non-conventional environments, particularly in the context of incipient climate change. Given that plant phenology is so
Nadia Valentini +6 more
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Floral Biology, Breeding System and Conservation Implications for the Azorean Endemic Azorina vidalii (Campanulaceae) [PDF]
PlantsThis study investigates the seasonal and floral phenology, breeding strategies, and floral morphology of Azorina vidalii, an Azorean endemic Campanulaceae with hermaphroditic, protandrous flowers, dichogamy and secondary pollen presentation.
Rúben M. Correia Rego +6 more
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Investigating morphological and biological reproductive traits in self-fertile and -infertile macadamia cultivars [PDF]
BMC Plant BiologySelf-fertility is a commercially valuable trait in crop species, enabling fruit set without reliance on pollinators or external pollinisers. In macadamia, most cultivars are self-infertile, though some can produce nuts with self-pollen.
Palakdeep Kaur +4 more
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Genome-wide identification of a MADS-box transcription factor family and their expression during floral development in Coptis teeta wall [PDF]
BMC Plant BiologyBackground MADS-box transcription factors have been shown to be involved in multiple developmental processes, including the regulation of floral organ formation and pollen maturation. However, the role of the MADS-box gene family in floral development of
Shao-Feng Duan +9 more
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Insect Pollination Enhances Yield and Physicochemical Quality Traits in Three Jujube Cultivars [PDF]
InsectsJujube (Ziziphus mauritiana Lam.) is a nutritionally rich tropical fruit which is native to South Asia. In Pakistan, there are 50 varieties of jujube, and approximately 24,000 tons of jujube is harvested annually from a growing area of nearly 5000 ...
Muhammad Waseem +8 more
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Evaluation of Breeding Strategies for Pistachio Male Genotypes Based on Flowering Index, Pollen Traits, and Female Yield Elements [PDF]
Journal of Nuts, 2021 This study was carried out in the Khatam, Yazd province, Iran from the beginning of 2014 to the end of 2015. Phenological traits and pollen properties of some male pistachio genotypes ‘A1’, ‘A2’, ‘A3’, ‘A4’, ‘A5’, ‘A6’, ‘A7’, ‘A8’, ‘A9’, ‘N1’, ‘Mh1 ...
Mohammad Mahmoudi Meymand +2 more
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Anthecology of some species of Hamanthus Bunge and Halimocnemis C.A. Mey [PDF]
BIO Web of Conferences, 2023 It is promising to grow the long-vegetating annual halophytes Gamanthus Bunge and Halimocnemis C.A. Mey. (Chenopodiaceae Vent.) in arid locations since they are important grazing plants for Karakol sheep and camels. These species’ xerothermic periods are
Kaysarov Vahob, Akhmedov Egamyor
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Linking self-incompatibility, dichogamy, and flowering synchrony in two Euphorbia species: alternative mechanisms for avoiding self-fertilization? [PDF]
PLoS ONE, 2011 Plant species have several mechanisms to avoid selfing such as dichogamy or a self-incompatibility response. Dichogamy in a single flower may reduce autogamy but, to avoid geitonogamy, plants must show flowering synchronization among all their flowers (i.
Eduardo Narbona +2 more
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