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Why Prunus mahaleb (Rosaceae) produces more flowers than fruits
Author(s) -
Guitian Javier
Publication year - 1993
Publication title -
american journal of botany
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.218
H-Index - 151
eISSN - 1537-2197
pISSN - 0002-9122
DOI - 10.1002/j.1537-2197.1993.tb15369.x
Subject(s) - rosaceae , biology , prunus , fruit tree , fruit set , hermaphrodite , prunus dulcis , pollination , botany , horticulture , ovary , flor , pollen , cultivar , endocrinology
Various mutually compatible hypotheses have been proposed to explain the low levels of fruit set observed in many hermaphrodite plants. I carried out trials to determine which of these hypotheses best explains the low fruit set occurring in Prunus mahaleb L. (Rosaceae). The results of insect exclusion, supplementary pollination, and flower removal experiments indicate that the ovary reserve hypothesis and the selective abortion hypothesis seem to be the most likely explanations for the production of excess flowers in P. mahaleb.