Consequences of differential utilization of meristems in the annual Spergularia marina and the perennial S. media |
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| Authors: | Peter Torstensson ers Telenius |
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| Institution: | Dept of Botany, Section of Plant Ecology, University of Stockholm, S-106 91 Stockholm, Sweden |
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| Abstract: | The differences in vegetative expansion and in reproduction associated with the annual Spergularia marina and the perennial S. media were investigated and explained as a function of their differential utilization of meristems. Plant size and the lime of first reproduction depended on at which node transition of the apical meristems from growth to reproduction took place. Leaf birth-rate and number of flowers depended on the time of activation and the proportion of axillary meristems used in producing shoots. |
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