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Floral Mass per Area and Water Maintenance Traits Are Correlated with Floral Longevity in Paphiopedilum (Orchidaceae). [PDF]
Front Plant Sci, 2017 Floral longevity (FL) determines the balance between pollination success and flower maintenance. While a longer floral duration enhances the ability of plants to attract pollinators, it can be detrimental if it negatively affects overall plant fitness.
Zhang FP +7 more
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Zygomorphic flowers last longer: the evolution of floral symmetry and floral longevity. [PDF]
Biol LettFloral longevity, the length of time a flower remains open and functional, is a phylogenetically conserved trait that balances floral costs against the rate at which flowers are pollinated. Floral symmetry has long been considered a key trait in floral evolution.
Stephens RE +3 more
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Persistent calyces increase floral longevity and female fitness in Salvia miltiorrhiza (Lamiaceae). [PDF]
AoB Plants, 2022 AbstractThe evolution of persistent calyces may be an adaptation to ensure reproductive success of certain flowering plants. However, experimental evidence of the functions of persistent calyces during flowering and seed development remains scarce. We explored the possible functions of persistent calyces in Salvia miltiorrhiza, a perennial herb with ...
Li DF, Yu Y, Yang HJ, Yan XC.
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Genetics of Floral Longevity in Petunia [PDF]
HortScience, 1999 Petunia hybrida Vilm. is one of the major bedding plants grown worldwide, and, like most bedding plants, is grown primarily for its seasonal floral display. While increased floral and reflowering capacity have been the focus of breeding programs for many ornamental species, floral longevity has received little ...
Kimberly H. Krahl, William M. Randle
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052 GENETICS OF FLORAL LONGEVITY IN PETUNIA [PDF]
HortScience, 1994 Ornamental plant breeding has focused almost exclusively on floral prolificacy rather than floral longevity. The importance of floral longevity is obvious in any ornamental crop grown primarily for floral display. This study was undertaken to determine the genetic basis of floral longevity in an important ornamental crop, petunia.
Kimberly H. Krahl, William M. Randle
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Large flowers can be short‐lived: Insights from a high Andean cactus
Ecology and Evolution, 2022 Long‐lived and large flowers signify high floral maintenance costs. Species of arid/semiarid climates with large flowers are expected to have short flower life spans and pollination‐induced flower longevity in order to curb high floral water and other ...
Marcela Cuartas‐Domínguez +2 more
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BMC Plant Biology, 2020 Background Flower longevity plays an important role in pollen dispersal and reproductive success in plants. In dichogamous plants, the duration of anthesis as well as the time allocated to male and female functions can vary in response to intrinsic ...
Zhigang Zhao +3 more
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Diallel Analysis of Floral Longevity in Impatiens walleriana [PDF]
Journal of the American Society for Horticultural Science, 2012 Impatiens ( Impatiens walleriana ) are currently among the most valuable and widely cultivated floriculture crops in the world. Attractive floral display is a primary goal for breeders of impatiens.
Nicholas P. Howard +4 more
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Identification of QTL for perenniality and floral scent in cowpea (Vigna unguiculata [L.] Walp.).
PLoS ONE, 2020 Perennial habit and floral scent are major traits that distinguish domesticated cowpeas from their wild relatives. However, the genetic basis of these two important traits remains largely unknown in cowpea.
Sassoum Lo +5 more
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Floral longevity and autonomous selfing are altered by pollination and water availability in Collinsia heterophylla. [PDF]
Ann Bot, 2013 A plant investing in reproduction partitions resources between flowering and seed production. Under resource limitation, altered allocations may result in floral trait variations, leading to compromised fecundity. Floral longevity and timing of selfing are often the traits most likely to be affected. The duration of corolla retention determines whether
Jorgensen R, Arathi HS.
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