Selfing and Drought-Stress Strategies Under Water Deficit for Two Herbaceous Species in the South American Andes.

ABSTRACT: Angiosperms are highly diverse in their reproductive systems, including predominantly selfing, exclusive outcrossing, and mixed mating systems. Even though selfing can have negative consequences on natural populations, it has been proposed that plants having a predominantly selfing strategy are also associated with fast development strategies through time limitation mechanisms that allow them to complete their life cycle before the onset of severe drought. This relationship might be affected by the challenges imposed by global change, such as a decrease in pollinator availability and the earlier and more severe onset of droughts. In this work, our aim was to investigate whether selfing is correlated with a dehydration avoidance strategy, and how this could affect drought resistance and sur

SUBMITTER: Ricote N 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6927913 | biostudies-literature | 2019

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature