Do plant parts compete for resources? An evolutionary viewpoint

Volume: 183, Issue: 3, Pages: 565 - 574
Published: Aug 1, 2009
Abstract
Summary Simultaneously growing sinks are thought to compete for plant resources. Negative correlations, for example between grain number and stem mass in cereals, indeed resemble competition; but is the notion of intra-plant competition evolutionarily justified? Here we review intra-plant competition in light of two aspects of evolutionary biology: (a) major transitions that led to the reorganization of evolutionary individuals (e.g. isolated...
Paper Details
Title
Do plant parts compete for resources? An evolutionary viewpoint
Published Date
Aug 1, 2009
Volume
183
Issue
3
Pages
565 - 574
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