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Reproductive Efficiency of Crotalaria mysorensis – A Vesperal Weed of Subtropics


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1 Department of Botany, University of Jammu, Jammu 180 006, India
 

An evolutionary changeover between mating systems comes about frequently and independently in flowering plants. Crotalaria mysorensis Roth., an annual weed growing wild in the subtropical regimes of northwestern Himalaya, displays this shift effectively. The species appears as an outbreeder on the basis of its floral architecture. Floral phenological events, however, confirm it to be a strict inbreeder because of its vesperal nature and brief blooming period. This mating strategy provides reproductive assurance to the species, but with low seed germination.

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Crotalaria mysorensis, Reproductive Efficiency, Seed Germination, Subtropical Regimes, Vesperal Weed.
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Authors

Jayoti Devi
Department of Botany, University of Jammu, Jammu 180 006, India
Priya Sharma
Department of Botany, University of Jammu, Jammu 180 006, India
Pratibha Magotra
Department of Botany, University of Jammu, Jammu 180 006, India
Namrata Sharma
Department of Botany, University of Jammu, Jammu 180 006, India

Abstract


An evolutionary changeover between mating systems comes about frequently and independently in flowering plants. Crotalaria mysorensis Roth., an annual weed growing wild in the subtropical regimes of northwestern Himalaya, displays this shift effectively. The species appears as an outbreeder on the basis of its floral architecture. Floral phenological events, however, confirm it to be a strict inbreeder because of its vesperal nature and brief blooming period. This mating strategy provides reproductive assurance to the species, but with low seed germination.

Keywords


Crotalaria mysorensis, Reproductive Efficiency, Seed Germination, Subtropical Regimes, Vesperal Weed.

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.18520/cs%2Fv122%2Fi2%2F201-205