Deciphering the Costs of Reproduction in Mango - Vegetative Growth Matters.

ABSTRACT: Irregular fruit production across successive years is a major issue that limits the profitability of most temperate and tropical fruit crops. It is particularly affected by the reciprocal relationships between vegetative and reproductive growth. The concept of the costs of reproduction is defined in terms of losses in the potential future reproductive success caused by current investment in reproduction. This concept, developed in ecology and evolutionary biology, could provide a methodological framework to analyze irregular bearing in fruit crops, especially in relation to the spatial scale at which studies are done. The objective of this study was to investigate the direct effects of reproduction during a growing cycle on reproduction during the following growing cycle and the indirect e

SUBMITTER: Capelli M 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5073132 | biostudies-literature | 2016

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature