In Syzygium cuminii, an animal dispersed species, invariably only one of the 30 ovules develops to maturity. Arathi and Arathi et ah2 hypothesized that the abortion could be mediated by an intense intra-fruit sibling rivalry to gain dispersal advantage. They showed that aqueous extract of dominant seeds causes the abortion of healthy subordinate seeds while extracts of maternal tissue such as fruit coat tissue do not. In this paper, we show that the abortion is caused by the inhibition of resource uptake by the subordinate seeds. Extracts of the dominant seeds significantly inhibited the uptake of radioisotope labelled sucrose by healthy subject seeds, when compared to extracts from maternal tissue (fruit coat tissue) and unfertilized ovule...
Levels of abortion of reproductive organs (i.e., buds, flowers, and young fruits) in sweet pepper pl...
Many pollinated flowers abort before developing into mature fruit. The cause of fruit abortion has g...
It has been suggested that production of a high frequency of few-seeded pods in most trees of Dalber...
The possible causes of low seed set in Syzygium cuminii, a woody tree bearing flowers with many ovul...
Dalbergia sissoo, a tropical tree with wind-dispersed pods, exhibits a highly positively skewed dist...
In Pongamia pinnata only one of the two ovules develops into a seed in most of the pods. Since polle...
Behaviour is traditionally attributed to animals only. Recently, evidence for plant behaviour is acc...
Fruit and seed abortion in plants have been traditionally attributed to limiting factors such as res...
Yield maintenance under drought in maize (Zea mays) is associated to flowering synchrony which requi...
For several plant species, brood size results from the abortion of ovules and seeds. However, these ...
Seed abortion is a major cause of yield loss under water deficit in maize, thereby causing a high se...
Studies were conducted on pollination and patterns of fruit and seed production to assess the potent...
Differential development of seeds and their abortion in multi-ovulated fruits is explained by a proc...
Yield maintenance under drought in maize (Zea mays) requires the rapid extension of styles and stigm...
Seed and fruit set are established during and soon after fertilization and determine seed and fruit ...
Levels of abortion of reproductive organs (i.e., buds, flowers, and young fruits) in sweet pepper pl...
Many pollinated flowers abort before developing into mature fruit. The cause of fruit abortion has g...
It has been suggested that production of a high frequency of few-seeded pods in most trees of Dalber...
The possible causes of low seed set in Syzygium cuminii, a woody tree bearing flowers with many ovul...
Dalbergia sissoo, a tropical tree with wind-dispersed pods, exhibits a highly positively skewed dist...
In Pongamia pinnata only one of the two ovules develops into a seed in most of the pods. Since polle...
Behaviour is traditionally attributed to animals only. Recently, evidence for plant behaviour is acc...
Fruit and seed abortion in plants have been traditionally attributed to limiting factors such as res...
Yield maintenance under drought in maize (Zea mays) is associated to flowering synchrony which requi...
For several plant species, brood size results from the abortion of ovules and seeds. However, these ...
Seed abortion is a major cause of yield loss under water deficit in maize, thereby causing a high se...
Studies were conducted on pollination and patterns of fruit and seed production to assess the potent...
Differential development of seeds and their abortion in multi-ovulated fruits is explained by a proc...
Yield maintenance under drought in maize (Zea mays) requires the rapid extension of styles and stigm...
Seed and fruit set are established during and soon after fertilization and determine seed and fruit ...
Levels of abortion of reproductive organs (i.e., buds, flowers, and young fruits) in sweet pepper pl...
Many pollinated flowers abort before developing into mature fruit. The cause of fruit abortion has g...
It has been suggested that production of a high frequency of few-seeded pods in most trees of Dalber...