Blandfordia grandiflora 48 claims

Claim · model-written summary

Plants benefit from salvaging resources from wilting flowers and re-using them for subsequent reproduction.

Taxon

Blandfordia grandifloraBlandfordia grandiflorae0

Outcome

subsequent reproductione6

Qualifier

salvaging resources from wilting flowerse6

Verbatim

e0

“We tested the above hypotheses for Blandfordia grandiflora, a perennial species”

e6

“Hence, we verified, for the first time, that plants may benefit from salvaging resources from wilting flowers and re-using these resources for subsequent reproduction”

Claim · model-written summary

Re-used resources promoted reproduction during subsequent flowering, not during current flowering by the same or other flowers on the plant.

Taxon

Blandfordia grandifloraBlandfordia grandiflorae0

Outcome

reproduction during subsequent floweringe7

Qualifier

not during current flowering by either the same flowers or other flowers on the same plante7

Verbatim

e0

“We tested the above hypotheses for Blandfordia grandiflora, a perennial species”

e7

“However, contrary to expectations, plants re-used these resources to promote reproduction during subsequent flowering, and not during current flowering by either the same flowers or other flowers on the same plant”

Claim · model-written summary

Plants transferred resources from wilting flowers to underground corms and roots, which supplied subsequent flowering.

Taxon

Blandfordia grandifloraBlandfordia grandiflorae0

Organ / stage

underground corms and rootse1

Outcome

subsequent floweringe1

Qualifier

transferred resources from wilting flowerse1

Verbatim

e0

“We tested the above hypotheses for Blandfordia grandiflora, a perennial species”

e1

“The plants must have transferred resources from wilting flowers to underground corms and roots, which provided resources necessary for subsequent flowering”

Claim · model-written summary

Nearby flowers were positively correlated for nectar attributes except fructose/glucose ratio.

Taxon

Blandfordia grandifloraBlandfordia grandiflorae1

Organ / stage

flowerse0

Outcome

all attributese0

Direction

positively correlatede0

Qualifier

except log(fructose/glucose) as fructose≈glucosee0

Verbatim

e0

“Nearby flowers were positively correlated for all attributes, except log(fructose/glucose) as fructose≈glucose.”

e1

“Blandfordia grandiflora plants”

Claim · model-written summary

Outcrossed seeds germinated more than selfed seeds in both environments.

Taxon

Blandfordia grandifloraBlandfordia grandiflorat0

Outcome

outcrossed seeds germinatede0

Direction

moree0

Comparator

selfed seedse0

Verbatim

e0

“In both environments, more outcrossed seeds germinated than did selfed seeds.”

t0

“Blandfordia grandiflora”

Claim · model-written summary

Laboratory germination was 7.7% higher for outcrossed than selfed seeds.

Taxon

Blandfordia grandifloraBlandfordia grandiflorat0

Outcome

outcrossed seeds germinatede0

Direction

moree0

Value

7.7%e0

Qualifier

98.4% ± 0.6 vs. 90.7% ± 3.9e0

Comparator

selfed seedse0

Setting

laboratorye0

Verbatim

e0

“In the laboratory, only 7.7% more outcrossed seeds germinated than did selfed seeds (98.4% ± 0.6 vs. 90.7% ± 3.9)”

t0

“Blandfordia grandiflora”

Claim · model-written summary

Field germination was 22.1% higher for outcrossed than selfed seeds.

Taxon

Blandfordia grandifloraBlandfordia grandiflorat0

Outcome

differencee0

Direction

higherinferrede0

Value

22.1%e0

Qualifier

92.5% ± 1.9 vs. 70.4% ± 5.0e0

Setting

fielde0

Verbatim

e0

“in the field the difference was 22.1% (92.5% ± 1.9 vs. 70.4% ± 5.0)”

t0

“Blandfordia grandiflora”

Claim · model-written summary

Outcrossed seed germination decreased by 5.9% from laboratory to field.

Taxon

Blandfordia grandifloraBlandfordia grandiflorat0

Material

outcrossed seedse0

Outcome

germinatione0

Direction

decreasee0

Value

5.9%e0

Setting

laboratory and fielde0

Verbatim

e0

“The decrease in germination between the laboratory and field was only 5.9% for outcrossed seeds”

t0

“Blandfordia grandiflora”

Claim · model-written summary

Selfed seed germination decreased by 20.8% from laboratory to field.

Taxon

Blandfordia grandifloraBlandfordia grandiflorat0

Outcome

selfed seedse0

Direction

decreaseinferrede0

Value

20.8%e0

Verbatim

e0

“but was 20.8% for selfed seeds.”

t0

“Blandfordia grandiflora”

Claim · model-written summary

Selfed seed germination was more variable than outcrossed seed germination in both environments.

Taxon

Blandfordia grandifloraBlandfordia grandiflorat0

Outcome

Germination of selfed seedse0

Direction

more variablee0

Comparator

outcrossed seedse0

Verbatim

e0

“Germination of selfed seeds was more variable than of outcrossed seeds in both environments”

t0

“Blandfordia grandiflora”