Reproductive success of orchard and nonorchard pollens during different stages of pollen shedding in a Scots pine seed orchard
Reproductive success of orchard and nonorchard pollens during different stages of pollen shedding in a Scots pine seed orchard
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10.1139/x26-121
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发表时间:
1996-06-01
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Nikkanen, T
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Harju, AM;Nikkanen, T
The reproductive success of orchard and nonorchard pollens was studied in seeds from megastrobili exposed during different stages of pollen shedding in a Pinus sylvestris L. seed orchard. Wind pollination was controlled experimentally by isolating and then temporarily exposing the megastrobili to four different stages of pollen shedding by orchard trees. The amount of pollen contamination in the seed crop was determined using isozyme markers and an undetected gamete model. The estimated level of pollen contamination was 48% when megastrobili were exposed during the entire pollination season. Contamination was highest (60%) when megastrobili were exposed before actual pollen shedding by orchard trees, and lowest (27%) in seeds from megastrobili exposed during maximum pollen shedding by orchard trees. Reproductive success was measured several ways: as the total number of seeds produced in each treatment, as the ratio or proportion of mature cones per megastrobilus, and as the number of seeds produced per cone or megastrobilus. In 1991, reproductive success was highest before maximum pollen shedding by seed orchard trees. Pollen shedding by orchard trees occurred a few days after most megastrobili became receptive.