Nectar characteristics of interspecific hybrids and their parents in Aesculus (Hippocastanaceae) and Iris (Iridaceae)

被引:8
作者
Burke, JM [1 ]
Wyatt, R
dePamphilis, CW
Arnold, ML
机构
[1] Indiana Univ, Dept Biol, Bloomington, IN 47405 USA
[2] Highlands Biol Stn, Highlands, NC USA
[3] Penn State Univ, Dept Biol, University Pk, PA 16802 USA
[4] Univ Georgia, Dept Genet, Athens, GA 30602 USA
关键词
Aesculus; buckeyes; hybridization; Iris; Louisiana irises; nectar;
D O I
10.2307/3088757
中图分类号
Q94 [植物学];
学科分类号
071001 ;
摘要
We studied nectar production characteristics (volume, sugar concentration, and sugar output) of parental and interspecific hybrid plants of the dicot Aesculus and the monocot Iris. in Aesculus, the bird-pollinated A. pal ia produced significantly larger volumes of significantly Less concentrated nectar than did the bee-pollinated A. sylvatica (7.81 +/- 0.46 mu l vs. 0.99 +/- 0.08 mu l, mean +/- SE, and 28.9 +/- 0.4% vs. 50.3 +/- 0.5%); sugar output for A. pavia was also significantly higher than in A. sylvatica (3.53 +/- 0.33 mg vs. 0.84 +/- 0.04 mg). Plants sampled from a natural hybrid swarm were intermediate between the parental species with respect to nectar volume (5.85 +/- 0.14 mu l) and sugar output (1.76 +/- 0.04 mg), but they produced nectar with significantly lower sugar concentration than both parental species (24.3 +/- 0.2%). In Iris. the bird-pollinated T. fulva produced significantly smaller volumes of significantly less concentrated nectar than did the bee-pollinated I. brevicaulis (20.4 +/- 2.5 mu l vs. 56.6 +/- 6.0 mu l, and 18.3 +/- 0.6% vs. 23.6 +/- 0.3%). The net result was significantly lower sugar output for I. fulva as compared to I. brevicaulis (4.3 =/- 0.6 mg vs. 14.7 +/- 1.7 mg). Regardless of which parental species served as the maternal parent, experimentally generated F-1 interspecific hybrids were almost perfectly intermediate between their parental species with respect to nectar volume (36.6 +/- 4.2 mu l and 36.2 +/- 2.1 mu l) and sugar output (9.8 +/- 0.7 mg and 9.8 +/- 1.4 mg), but their mean concentration was more similar to that of I. brevicaulis (23.3 +/- 0.3% and 24.0 +/- 0.4%). It is unclear whether or not pollinator-mediated selection has shaped and/or maintained the large differences in nectar characteristics between these species.
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