| Literature DB >> 36035715 |
Chun-Hui Wang1,2, Ting-Ting Zou1, Wei-Qi Liu1, Xiao-Fan Wang1.
Abstract
Geitonogamy is inevitable in hermaphrodite and monecious. Even for self-incompatible species, the negative effects of self-pollen are unavoidable when geitonogamous or self-mating occurs. However, the influence of self-pollen on consecutive development of flowers (e.g., fruiting and seeding) was seldom evaluated. Here, the self-incompatible monecious species, Akebia quinata, was used to estimate the influence of self-pollen deposition. We evaluated the extent of pollen limitation and geitonogamous mating under natural conditions by count of stigmatic pollen load and pollen tracking experiment. Hand pollination with different amount and combinations of self vs. cross pollen grains was applied to detect the response of fruit and seed set. The results showed that geitonogamy and pollen limitation occurred under natural conditions in A. quinata. Carpel numbers, ratio of self- and cross-pollen, and the interactive effect of ratio of self- and cross-pollen and total mixed pollen numbers, and not total pollen grain number, determined the effect of self-pollen on female reproductive success. The effect of self-pollen depended on its intensity. In general, the transfer of self-pollen significantly affected young fruit set. However, a little self-pollen together with cross-pollen did not reduce young fruit production. Although self-incompatible plants have evolved physiological mechanisms that reduce self-fertilization, our results provide new insights into the effects of self-pollen and the adaptive significance of self-incompatible monecious species.Entities:
Keywords: Akebia quinata; geitonogamy; reproductive success; self-incompatible; self-pollen
Year: 2022 PMID: 36035715 PMCID: PMC9399832 DOI: 10.3389/fpls.2022.935217
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Front Plant Sci ISSN: 1664-462X Impact factor: 6.627
The number of flowers and carpels applied to hand-pollination and young fruit in each treatment.
| C/S = 4:0 | C/S = 3:1 | C/S = 2:2 | C/S = 1:3 | |
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| Flower numbers applied to hand-pollination | 52 | 56 | 58 | 51 |
| Carpel numbers applied to hand-pollination | 301 | 286 | 281 | 281 |
| Young fruit numbers | 143 | 163 | 80 | 17 |
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| Flower numbers applied to hand-pollination | 47 | 47 | 52 | 50 |
| Carpel numbers applied to hand-pollination | 177 | 188 | 197 | 205 |
| Young fruit numbers | 103 | 68 | 50 | 22 |
C/S: ratio of cross- and self-pollen.
Results of two-way analysis of variance of a complete factorial test for the effect of deposition of different ratios of cross- and self-pollen, carpel numbers, and total pollen numbers on young fruit set.
| Source of variation | DF | DDF | F-ratio | |
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| C/S | 3 | 404.4 | 37.937 | |
| Total pollen numbers | 1 | 398 | 1.691 | 0.1942 |
| C/S and total mixed pollen numbers | 3 | 404.4 | 3.423 |
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| Carpel number | −0.152 | 0.029 | 278.5 |
Fruit set data were arcsine-transformed, and mixed pollen numbers and different ratios of cross- and self-pollen were treated as fixed factors, while carpel number was treated as a random factor. C/S: ratio of cross- and self-pollen. Significant effects are denoted with an asterisk at P < 0.001.
FIGURE 1Young fruit set under different hand-pollination treatment. (A) Young fruit set of pollen-enough group; (B) Young fruit set of pollen-limit group; C/S: ratio of cross- and self-pollen. Data are presented as mean ± Standard Deviation (SD).
Multiple comparisons on young fruit set of the least squares means between different ratios of cross- and self-pollen and total pollen numbers.
| (a) C/S | Least squares means |
| 4:0 | 0.85A |
| 3:1 | 0.743A |
| 2:2 | 0.415B |
| 1:3 | 0.184C |
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| Pollen-enough group | 0.927A |
| Pollen-limit group | 0.774A |
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| C/S = 3:1 and Pollen-enough | 0.943α |
| C/S = 4:0 and Pollen-limit | 0.906α |
| C/S = 4:0 and Pollen-enough | 0.753αβ |
| C/S = 3:1 and Pollen-limit | 0.570βγ |
| C/S = 2:2 and Pollen-enough | 0.524γ |
| C/S = 2:2 and Pollen-limit | 0.403γ |
| C/S = 1:3 and Pollen-limit | 0.194δ |
| C/S = 1:3 and Pollen-enough | 0.124δ |
C/S: ratio of cross- and self-pollen. Differences in C/S are indicated by uppercase letters, whereas differences in total pollen numbers are indicated by lowercase letters. Significant effects are denoted at P < 0.05.
Results of Tukey–Kramer honest significant difference test for the effect of treatment with different ratios of cross- and self-pollen on seed numbers per mature fruit in the pollen-enough group.
| C/S | N | Seed numbers |
| 4:0 | 4 | 153.5 ± 17.2A |
| 3:1 | 28 | 123.6 ± 5.4A |
| 2:2 | 9 | 134.7 ± 9.4A |
| 1:3 | 1 | – |
Data are presented as mean ± standard error (SE). C/S: ratio of cross- and self-pollen.
Differences in seed number at different C/S ratios are indicated by uppercase letters.
Significant effects are denoted at P < 0.05.
Result of the analysis of variance for the effect of treatment with different ratios of cross- and self-pollen on seed numbers per mature fruit in the pollen-enough group.
| df | MS | F | ||
| C/S | 3 | 1482.873 | 1.780 | 0.167 |
| Error | 38 | 832.944 | ||
| Total | 41 |
Pollination treatment was considered a fixed effect. C/S: ratio of cross- and self-pollen.