Claim · model-written summary
Outcrossed seed germination decreased by 5.9% from laboratory to field.
Blandfordia grandifloraVerbatim
e0“The decrease in germination between the laboratory and field was only 5.9% for outcrossed seeds”
t0“Blandfordia grandiflora”
Title
Mike Ramsey; Glenda Vaughton International Journal of Plant Sciences 1998. doi:10.1086/297525
Other claims from this paper (10)
- Observation Outcrossed seeds germinated more than selfed seeds in both environments.
- Observation Laboratory germination was 7.7% higher for outcrossed than selfed seeds.
- Observation Field germination was 22.1% higher for outcrossed than selfed seeds.
- Observation Selfed seed germination decreased by 20.8% from laboratory to field.
- Observation Selfed seed germination was more variable than outcrossed seed germination in both environments.
- Observation Germination success varied significantly among maternal plants except for outcrossed laboratory seeds.
- Observation In the laboratory, 60% of plants expressed inbreeding depression.
- Observation In the field, all plants expressed inbreeding depression.
- Observation Inbreeding depression was significantly greater in the field than laboratory.
- Association Individual plant inbreeding depression was positively related between environments.