"Plant reproduction" refers to the process through which plants create new individuals or offspring. It involves various methods such as producing seeds, spores, or through vegetative propagation, where plants reproduce by creating clones or offshoots of themselves.
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But he thinks they «make too much of a leap» when they, in essence, attempt to rewrite the long - term evolution
of plant reproduction.
In contrast, delayed flowering results in dramatic reductions
in plant reproduction through reduced pollination.
Contrary to their predictions, advanced blooming time did not reduce pollinator visits but caused
low plant reproduction due to frost damage.
That study showed how removing a bumblebee species disrupted floral fidelity, or specialization, among the remaining bees in the system, leading to less
successful plant reproduction.
«As phenology is advancing around the globe, there are concerns that plant - pollinator interactions may be disrupted through phenological mismatches, or mismatches in the timing of when flowers bloom and their pollinators emerge, leading to
reduced plant reproduction,» says lead author Zak Gezon, who conducted the research as a doctoral student at Dartmouth and who is now a conservation biologist with Disney's Animal Programs.
Altering blooming time often
affects plant reproduction and survival, but the mechanisms behind these changes are not well understood.
These changes had direct implications
for plant reproduction: Larkspurs produced about one - third fewer seeds when one of the bumblebee species was removed, compared to the larkspurs in the control groups.
Floral fidelity clearly benefits plants, because a pollinator visit will only lead to
plant reproduction when the pollinator is carrying pollen from the same plant species.
«This project is particularly exciting because in recent years, the group of investigators involved has made a lot of progress toward understanding some of the molecules that are involved in
flowering plant reproduction by focusing on Arabidopsis,» Johnson said.
«Our goal is to use comparative genomics approaches to fill in gaps in our understanding of
how plant reproduction works and to define the aspects of the mechanisms we've discovered so far that are either ancient or new innovations.»
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The researchers found that altering blooming time caused
low plant reproduction, but the cause of the reduction depended on the direction that the blooming time was altered.
Given bees» pollen - hoarding prowess, researchers wondered how they came to play such a significant role
in plant reproduction.
The results show how reduced competition among pollinators disrupts floral fidelity, or specialization, among the remaining bees in the system, leading to less
successful plant reproduction.
Mark Johnson, with former graduate student Kristin Beale, has used Arabadopsis as a model to study the evolution
of plant reproduction.
The researchers used two large - scale field experiments to assess how altering the phenology of the western spring beauty affects plant - pollinator interactions and
plant reproduction.
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In response, the pollinator population would decline, lowering
plant reproduction.
This is the first time animals have been found to play this role in
plant reproduction, say Mats Olsson and Rick Shine of the University of Sydney.
Previously a Principal Investigator at the USDA / ARS - UC - Berkeley Plant Gene Expression Center; research focused on the molecular biology of
plant reproduction.
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