Late-acting self-incompatibility in angiosperms

Seavey, Steven R.; Bawa, Kamaljit S.

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“…Pistils from automatic pollinations, showed very few pollen tubes, while in natural pollination, many pollen tubes were detected reaching the ovules. This phenomenon was registered by Seavey & Bawa (1986) in many tropical trees including Dipterix alata, which is a native cerrado tree. Since then it has been observed other Brazilian cerrado species, as Eriotheca gracilipes (Oliveira et al 1992), Jacaranda caroba (Vieira et al 1992), Chorisia chodattii, C. speciosa, Tabebuia (Gibbs & Bianchi 1993), and Siphoneugena densiflora, Blepharocalyx salicifolius and Campomanesia velutina (Proença & Gibbs 1994).…”

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“…Late-acting self-incompatibility has been suggested to be advantageous by Stephenson & Bertin (l983) and by Bawa & Webb (l984), who argued that it will facilitate the quality control by a plant over the choice of mates and allocations of resources to the progeny. Since these plants produce large number of flowers in order to attract visitors, it would be easier the best developing pistilis than to control the kind of pollen tube arriving to ovaries (Seavey & Bawa 1986). Gibbs & Bianchi (1993), studying the same Tabebuia species, could not find any clear differences in early embriology of selfed ovules, and they were unable to define if self-sterility in the species was reality a self-incompatibility process similar to "classic" incompatibility.…”

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Pollination ecology of Tabebuia aurea (Manso) Benth. & Hook. and T. ochracea (Cham.) Standl. (Bignoniaceae) in Central Brazil cerrado vegetation

Barros¹

2001

Rev. bras. Bot.

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-(Pollination ecology of Tabebuia aurea (Manso) Benth. & Hook. and T. ochracea (Cham.) Standl. in Central Brazil cerrado vegetation). The pollination ecology and breeding systems of Tabebuia aurea (Manso) Benth. & Hook., and T. ochracea (Cham.) Standl. were investigated in an area of cerrado vegetation in the Federal District of Brazil. These species occur sympatrically, flower massively and synchronously for a month, during the dry season (July to September). Both have diurnal anthesis, with similar floral structures, a yellow tubular corolla and produce nectar. Fourteen species of bees visited both Tabebuia species, but, only three Centris species and Bombus morio, were considered potential pollinators, because of their high frequency on the flowers and their efficiency in carrying pollen. Tests on the breeding systems of T. aurea and T. ochracea demonstrated that boths species are self-incompatible, with late-acting self-incompatibility. The proportion of fruit set from cross pollination (T. aurea 17.2% and T. ochracea 12.3%) in both species was low considering the great number of flowers displayed. This suggests a lack of maternal resources for fruit-set. The great amount of seeds per fruit (about 92 in T. aurea and 285 in T. ochracea) may represent an investment of maternal resources allocated on higher quality of fertilized ovules. RESUMO -(Ecologia da polinização de

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Pollination ecology of Tabebuia aurea (Manso) Benth. & Hook. and T. ochracea (Cham.) Standl. (Bignoniaceae) in Central Brazil cerrado vegetation

Barros¹

2001

Rev. bras. Bot.

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“…Pollen germination and pollen tube growth was similar in both self and cross-pollinated pistils, but in selfed pistils the pollen tubes were not observed penetrating the ovules. This type of late-acting self-incompatibility system (LSI) or ovarian selfincompatibility (Seavey & Bawa 1986) is common in many tropical Bignoniaceae, including Tabebuia aurea (Manso) Benth. & Hook.…”

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Pollination biology in Jacaranda copaia (Aubl.) D. Don. (Bignoniaceae) at the "Floresta Nacional do Tapajós", Central Amazon, Brazil

Maués¹,

Oliveira²,

Kanashiro³

2008

Rev. bras. Bot.

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-(Pollination biology in Jacaranda copaia (Aubl.) D. Don (Bignoniaceae) at the "Floresta Nacional do Tapajós", Central Amazon, Brazil). Jacaranda copaia (Aubl.) D. Don is a pioneer tree widespread in the Brazilian Amazon, usually found colonizing forest gaps and altered areas, and the forest fragment edges. This study investigated aspects of the floral biology, breeding system and pollinators of J. copaia trees. Flowering lasts from August to November, during the low rainfall period extending up to four weeks per tree and 3-4 months for the population as a whole, characterizing a cornucopia flowering pattern. The fruit set ends in the beginning of the rainy season, with wind dispersed winged seeds.Fruit set from open pollination was 1.06% (n = 6,932). Hand pollination using self-pollen (n = 2,099) did not set fruits. Cross-pollination resulted in 6.54% fruit set (n = 2,524), representing six times more than the natural pollination rate (1.06%, n = 6,932). Flowers excluded from insect visitation (automatic self-pollination) did not set fruits (n = 5,372). Pollen tube growth down to ovary was detected under fluorescence microcoscopy in cross-pollinated and selfed pistils. The species is an obligate allogamous plant, with late-acting self-incompatibility system. Approximately 40 species of native bees visited the flowers, but the main pollinators were medium-sized solitary bees as Euglossa and Centris species due to the compatibility between their body sizes with the corolla tube, direct contact with the reproductive structures and high frequency of visits.Key words -bees, floral biology, late-acting self-incompatibility (LSI), phenology, pollinators RESUMO -(Biologia da polinização de Jacaranda copaia (Aubl.) D. Don (Bignoniaceae) na Floresta Nacional do Tapajós, Amazônia Ocidental, Brasil). Jacaranda copaia (Aubl.) D. Don é uma árvore pioneira distribuída por toda Amazônia brasileira, encontrada colonizando clareiras, áreas alteradas e bordas de fragmentos florestais. O presente estudo investigou aspectos da biologia floral, sistema reprodutivo e polinizadores de J. copaia. O florescimento ocorre de agosto a novembro, durante o período de menor precipitação pluviométrica, estendendo-se por até quatro semanas por indivíduo e três ou quatro meses para a população, caracterizando um padrão de floração cornucopia. A frutificação termina no início da estação chuvosa, com a dispersão anemocórica das sementes aladas. A taxa de frutificação natural foi de 1,06% (n = 6.932). As flores autopolinizadas manualmente (n = 2.099) não produziram frutos. A polinização cruzada (n = 2.524) resultou em 6,54% frutos, representando seis vezes mais do que a polinização natural (1,06%, n = 6.932). As flores protegidas da visita de polinizadores (autopolinização espontânea) não formaram frutos (n = 5.372). O crescimento dos tubos polínicos foi detectado sob microscopia de fluorescência tanto nos pistilos autopolinizados quanto nos submetidos à polinização cruzada. A espécie foi considerada alógama obrigatória, com mecanismo de a...

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“…Late-acting SI is also termed ovarian SI. In this mechanism, self-pollen germinates and reaches the ovules, but no fruit is set (Seavey and Bawa 1986 ;Sage et al 1994 ).…”

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“…Late-acting SI is also termed ovarian SI. In this mechanism, self-pollen germinates and reaches the ovules, but no fruit is set (Seavey and Bawa 1986 ;Sage et al 1994 ).Homomorphic SI is classifi ed into sporophytic SI (SSI) and gametophytic SI (GSI) . The SSI system is found in species of several plant families, such as the Brassicaceae, Asteraceae, Malvaceae, Betulaceae, Sterculiaceae, Polemoniaceae, and Convolvulaceae (de Nettancourt 2001 ; Allen and Hiscock 2008 ).…”

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Self-Incompatibility System of Ipomoea trifida, a Wild-Type Sweet Potato

Tsuchiya

2014

Sexual Reproduction in Animals and Plants

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Diploid Ipomoea trifi da (Convolvulaceae) is a close relative of the cultivated hexaploid Ipomoea batatas , the cultivated sweet potato. These plants have sporophytic self-incompatibility that is regulated by a single multiallelic locus, designated as the S -locus. Genetic analyses of I. trifi da plants collected from Central America identifi ed about 50 different S -haplotypes with a linear dominance hierarchy having some codominance relationships. A linkage map of DNA markers around the S -locus indicated that the S -locus is delimited to 0.23 cM. Within the S -locus genomic region, a hypervariable genomic region of 35-95 kbp was identifi ed, and we designated this region SDR ( S -locus-specifi c divergent region). Of the several genes located within the SDR, one anther-specifi c gene, AB2 , and three stigma-specifi c genes, SE1 , SE2 , and SEA , are candidate S -genes that may encode male and female S -determinants of self-incompatibility.Keywords Ipomoea trifi da • Self-incompatibility • Sweet potato IntroductionSelf-incompatibility (SI) is a genetic mechanism to prevent self-fertilization (and thus encourage outcrossing) in angiosperms. In self-incompatible plants, when a pollen grain is recognized as the same type as self, some stage of pollen germination, pollen tube elongation, ovule fertilization, or embryo development is halted, and no seeds are produced. SI is classifi ed into several groups: homomorphic SI, heteromorphic SI, cryptic SI (CSI), and late-acting SI. Heteromorphic SI is classifi ed into two groups: distyly is determined by a single locus, which has two alleles, and tristyly is determined by two loci, each with two alleles. Heteromorphic SI is sporophytic, in that both alleles in the male plant determine the SI response in the pollen. CSI exists in a limited number of taxa (for example, there is evidence for CSI in Silene vulgaris in the Caryophyllaceae; Glaettli 2004 ). In this mechanism, the simultaneous presence of cross-and self-pollen on the same stigma results in higher seed set from cross-pollen (Bateman 1956 ). Late-acting SI is also termed ovarian SI. In this mechanism, self-pollen germinates and reaches the ovules, but no fruit is set (Seavey and Bawa 1986 ;Sage et al. 1994 ).Homomorphic SI is classifi ed into sporophytic SI (SSI) and gametophytic SI (GSI) . The SSI system is found in species of several plant families, such as the Brassicaceae, Asteraceae, Malvaceae, Betulaceae, Sterculiaceae, Polemoniaceae, and Convolvulaceae (de Nettancourt 2001 ; Allen and Hiscock 2008 ). In the plants in these families, SI is genetically regulated by a single multi-allelic locus, the S -locus . Within the S -locus, a pair of genes (named S -genes ), one encoding the male-determinant molecules and the other the female-determinant molecules, is localized. These genes are essential for the SI reaction, because these gene products contribute to self/non-self recognition. The sets of S -genes are tightly linked at the S -locus, and the S -locus (also called S -haplotype : Nasrallah and Na...

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Late-acting self-incompatibility in angiosperms

Cited by 408 publications

References 63 publications

Pollination ecology of Tabebuia aurea (Manso) Benth. & Hook. and T. ochracea (Cham.) Standl. (Bignoniaceae) in Central Brazil cerrado vegetation

Pollination ecology of Tabebuia aurea (Manso) Benth. & Hook. and T. ochracea (Cham.) Standl. (Bignoniaceae) in Central Brazil cerrado vegetation

Pollination biology in Jacaranda copaia (Aubl.) D. Don. (Bignoniaceae) at the "Floresta Nacional do Tapajós", Central Amazon, Brazil

Self-Incompatibility System of Ipomoea trifida, a Wild-Type Sweet Potato

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