caa a22 4500 477039286 CHVBK 20180405111313.0 cr unu---uuuuu 170330e19960301xx s 000 0 eng 10.1007/BF00989057 doi (NATIONALLICENCE)springer-10.1007/BF00989057 Navarro Luis Departmento de Biología Vegetal, Laboratorio de Botánica, Universidad de Santiago de Compostela, E-15706, Santiago Compostela, Spain aut Fruit-set and seed weight variation in Anthyllis vulneraria subsp. vulgaris ( Fabaceae ) [Elektronische Daten] [Luis Navarro] Fruit-set and seed weight variation was studied in a population ofAnthyllis vulneraria subsp.vulgaris (Fabaceae) in northwestern Spain. The plants produce several shoots, each bearing two to four inflorescences that open one at a time from bottom to top. Fruit-set, seed-pod weight and seed weight were found to be significantly higher in proximal inflorescences than in distal inflorescences of the same shoot; mean seed weight was up to three times higher in proximal than in distal inflorescences. By contrast, none of the three variables varied significantly among plants or among shoots of the same plant. Similarly, none of the three variables differed significantly between early- and late-flowering plants, or between plants monitored in 1993 and in 1994. These results are compatible with the view that shoots function as semiautonomous units as regards resource allocation, and that within the shoot resources are preferentially allocated to proximal (= early-opening) inflorescences. In the plants studied, the ratio of seed-pod weight to seed weight was fairly constant, suggesting that the pod is important for seed success. Springer-Verlag, 1996 Fabaceae nationallicence Anthyllis vulneraria nationallicence Fruit-set nationallicence seed weight variation nationallicence resource allocation nationallicence Plant Systematics and Evolution Springer-Verlag 201/1-4(1996-03-01), 139-148 0378-2697 201:1-4<139 1996 201 606 https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00989057 text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI 1 research-article jats NATIONALLICENCE 856 40 https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00989057 text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI NATIONALLICENCE 100 1- Navarro Luis Departmento de Biología Vegetal, Laboratorio de Botánica, Universidad de Santiago de Compostela, E-15706, Santiago Compostela, Spain aut NATIONALLICENCE 773 0- Plant Systematics and Evolution Springer-Verlag 201/1-4(1996-03-01), 139-148 0378-2697 201:1-4<139 1996 201 606 Metadata rights reserved Springer special CC-BY-NC licence nationallicence BK010053 XK010053 XK010000 NATIONALLICENCE NATIONALLICENCE NL-springer