STORAGE-ALLOCATION IN SEASONAL RACES OF AN ANNUAL PLANT - OPTIMAL VERSUS ACTUAL ALLOCATION
STORAGE-ALLOCATION IN SEASONAL RACES OF AN ANNUAL PLANT - OPTIMAL VERSUS ACTUAL ALLOCATION
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DOI:
10.2307/1938334
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发表时间:
1984-01-01
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影响因子:
4.8
通讯作者:
ROUGHGARDEN, J
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作者:
CHIARIELLO, N;ROUGHGARDEN, J
This study uses optimal control theory to predict the conditions under which an annual plant''s optimal schedule of carbon allocation should include allocation to storage at some point during the growing season. The optimal allocation schedule is defined as the schedule that maximizes final seed set. Storage of carbon, and later remobilization for allocation to reproduction, is an option in the model, and by providing the option, the question is raised whether storage of carbon is ever optimal for annuals. Predictions from the model are tested by comparing the observed differences in allocation between 2 seasonal ecotypes of grassland forb [Hemizonia luzulifolia] with differences in the optimal behavior predicted for each. The model predicts that the autumnal ecotype should store carbon, while the vernal ecotype should not. These predictions qualitatively agree with the patterns, in the 2 ecotypes, of total nonstructural carbohydrate, which is the measure of storage. Analysis of the model indicates that the parameter responsible for the different predictions for the 2 ecotypes is the reproductive (seed mass) loss rate.