STUDIES ON COMPETITION IN RICE. III. THE MECHANISM OF COMPETITION AMONG PHENOTYPES
STUDIES ON COMPETITION IN RICE. III. THE MECHANISM OF COMPETITION AMONG PHENOTYPES
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水稻竞争研究。
DOI:
10.1111/j.1558-5646.1968.tb03990.x
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发表时间:
1968
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影响因子:
3.3
通讯作者:
R. Aquino
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文献类型:
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作者:
P. R. Jennings;R. Aquino
The previous papers in this series (Jennings and de Jesus, Jr., 1968; Jennings and Herrera, 1968) concerned the magnitude and direction of interphenotypic competition in varietal mixtures and hybrid populations of contrasting plant types of rice (Oryza sativa L.). Relative yielding ability of the components of the mixtures was established from long-term yield trials of material grown in pure stand. It was concluded that competitive ability and agronomic worth were negatively associated in the materials studied under the agronomic and environmental variables provided. There are many basic implications and consequences of these findings to plant breeders, geneticists, and students of evolution. Their universality depends, in part, on a fuller understanding of the mechanism of competition and competitive ability. The literature contains many descriptions of the effect of competition on reproductive rates of organisms. Comparable attention, however, has not been given to such critical questions as: (1) What are the effects of competition on plant development? (2) At what growth stage does competition begin? (3) What are the plant characters that confer competitive ability? (4) What is the factor for which rice plants compete? Answers to these questions are required to increase understanding of the phenomenon of competition. This paper treats these aspects.