Pollen competition and seed-siring success in Picea abies

被引:33
作者
Aronen, T [1 ]
Nikkanen, T [1 ]
Harju, A [1 ]
Tiimonen, H [1 ]
Häggman, H [1 ]
机构
[1] Finnish Forest Res Inst, FIN-58450 Punkaharju, Finland
关键词
Norway spruce; pollination; germination of pollen; pollen-tube growth; paternal success;
D O I
10.1007/s00122-001-0789-9
中图分类号
S3 [农学(农艺学)];
学科分类号
0901 ;
摘要
The aim of the present work was to study pollen-tube competition in Picea abies. Controlled crossings were performed with pollen mixtures including pairs of pollen lots with fast and slowly elongating pollen-tubes. Paternity analysis using isozyme markers was performed on the progenies in order to study whether the in vitro pollen-germination vigour corresponds to the proportion of seeds sired by the pollen donor. Paternal success was found to be unequal, 15 out of 23 crossings producing progeny that differed significantly from the hypothetical ratio of 1:1. The paternal contribution in the majority of the crossings was as expected: the pollen parent with more-vigorous in vitro germination sired more seeds than the less-vigorous pollen. In the case of two pollen mixtures, however, the seed-siring success summed over the maternal trees was the opposite to the expected value. Despite these aberrations, the results support the hypothesis that pollen-tube competition is one of the factors contributing to male fitness in P. abies. However, when all the other factors affecting pollination and seed set under natural conditions are taken into account, it is clear that the seed-siring success of a particular paternal genotype cannot be predicted reliably by measuring only the in vitro pollen vigour.
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