ISSN:
1432-2048
Keywords:
Corolla development
;
Flower growth
;
Growth rate, relative
;
Heteroblasty
;
Nicotiana (corolla growth)
;
Plastochron
Source:
Springer Online Journal Archives 1860-2000
Topics:
Biology
Notes:
Abstract The growth of vegetative and reproductive shoots of Nicotiana tabacum L. cv. Xanthi is analyzed with the plastochron index to estimate the relationship between corolla growth and time. The plastochron of leaves 9 through 20 declines steadily at each successive node. The flower plastochron increases steadily during the growth of an individual cyme, with the most distal flower to open having the longest plastochron. Variation in the flower plastochron is the result of variation in the rate of flower initiation, not the growth rate of individual flowers. The corolla has an extended phase of approximately constant relative growth in length (between 0.2 · d−1 and 0.3 · d−1) until a peak of growth (0.5 · d−1) 2–3 d before anthesis. Corollas also have periodic peaks and troughs of growth that are low in amplitude (0.1 · d−1), but persist throughout most of corolla development. The pattern of corolla expansion contrasts strongly with earlier reports of the pattern of tobacco leaf growth.
Type of Medium:
Electronic Resource
URL:
http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/BF00202955
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