Maintenance of gynodioecy in Wurmbea biglandulosa (Colchicaceae): gender differences in seed production and progeny success

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dc.contributor.authorRamsey, Mark
dc.contributor.authorVaughton, Glenda
dc.date.accessioned2015-12-13T22:25:30Z
dc.date.issued2002
dc.date.updated2015-12-11T08:16:41Z
dc.description.abstractIn gynodioecious species, females contribute genes to future generations only through ovules, and to persist in populations they must have a compensatory advantage compared with hermaphrodites that reproduce via ovules and pollen. This compensation can result from greater fecundity and/or superior success of progeny from females. We examined differences in seed production and progeny success between females and hermaphrodites in the geophyte Wurmbea biglandulosa to explain the maintenance of females. Females produced more ovuliferous flowers and had more ovules per flower than did hermaphrodites but this did not necessarily result in greater fecundity, in part because seed production of females was pollen-limited. Over four years in one population, open-pollinated females produced 1.32 more seeds than open-pollinated hermaphrodites (range 1.09-1.63). In two other populations examined for one year only females produced 1.07 and 0.79 as many seeds as hermaphrodites. Seed production of open-pollinated females and hermaphrodites was only 55% and 73% that of cross-pollinated plants, respectively, indicating that both genders were pollen-limited but females more so than hermaphrodites. Open-pollinated seeds from females were 1.18-1.27 times more likely to germinate than seeds from hermaphrodites. No gender differences existed in seedling growth or survival. Hermaphrodites were self-compatible, but selfed seed set was only 80% that of crossed seed set. Crossed seed set of females and hermaphrodites did not differ. Assuming nuclear control of male sterility, relative female fitness is insufficient to maintain females at their current frequencies of 17%, and substantial female fitness advantages at later life-cycle stages are required.
dc.identifier.issn0378-2697
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/1885/73285
dc.publisherSpringer
dc.sourcePlant Systematics and Evolution
dc.subjectKeywords: Colchicaceae; Wurmbea; Wurmbea biglandulosa Gynodioecy; Inbreeding depression; Male-sterility; Plant breeding systems; Resource compensation; Sexual dimorphism; Wurmbea biglandulosa
dc.titleMaintenance of gynodioecy in Wurmbea biglandulosa (Colchicaceae): gender differences in seed production and progeny success
dc.typeJournal article
local.bibliographicCitation.lastpage200
local.bibliographicCitation.startpage189
local.contributor.affiliationRamsey, Mark, College of Medicine, Biology and Environment, ANU
local.contributor.affiliationVaughton, Glenda, University of New England
local.contributor.authoremailrepository.admin@anu.edu.au
local.contributor.authoruidRamsey, Mark, u1424516
local.description.embargo2037-12-31
local.description.notesImported from ARIES
local.description.refereedYes
local.identifier.absfor070507 - Tree Improvement (Selection and Breeding)
local.identifier.ariespublicationMigratedxPub3631
local.identifier.citationvolume232
local.identifier.doi10.1007/s006060200042
local.identifier.scopusID2-s2.0-0036338338
local.identifier.uidSubmittedByMigrated
local.type.statusPublished Version

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