influence of pollen addition and ramet isolation on current sexual reproduction in a clonal herb

Canada mayflower (Maianthemum canadense Desf.), a rhizomatous, perennial herb, was the subject of a 2-year field experiment that examined two factors potentially affecting fruit and seed production: pollen addition and ramet isolation. Ramets were either open pollinated or overpollinated by hand to...

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Published inOecologia Vol. 110; no. 2; pp. 231 - 236
Main Author Ganger, M.T
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Berlin Springer-Verlag 01.04.1997
Springer
Subjects
Animal and plant ecology
Animal, plant and microbial ecology
Autoecology
Biological and medical sciences
Flowering
Fruits
Fundamental and applied biological sciences. Psychology
Herbs
Liliaceae
maianthemum canadense
Natural resources
Plant Animal Interactions
Plants
Plants and fungi
Pollen
Rhizomes
Seed production
Sexual reproduction
Wetland ecology
Liliaceae
Monocotyledones
Seeds
Angiospermae
Production
Spermatophyta
Pollen
Sexual reproduction
Fructification
Pollen limitation
Physiological integration
Key words Genet
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Summary:Canada mayflower (Maianthemum canadense Desf.), a rhizomatous, perennial herb, was the subject of a 2-year field experiment that examined two factors potentially affecting fruit and seed production: pollen addition and ramet isolation. Ramets were either open pollinated or overpollinated by hand to supplement natural levels. Rhizomes of the ramets were either severed, to prevent resource supplementation from the genet, or left intact. Ramets that were overpollinated matured more fruits and more seeds than ramets that were open pollinated. Thus, mayflower appears to have been pollen limited in both years. Ramets that were open pollinated and whose rhizomes were severed matured as many fruits, seeds, and seeds/fruit as ramets that were open pollinated and whose rhizomes were left intact. Ramets that were overpollinated and whose rhizomes were severed matured fewer fruits, seeds, and seeds/fruit than overpollinated ramets whose rhizomes were left intact. It appears that at natural levels of pollination, mayflower ramets are physiologically independent but as the level of pollen increases, mayflower ramets receive support from other parts of the genet.
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ISSN:0029-8549
1432-1939
DOI:10.1007/s004420050155