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Reproductive tendency of clonal plants in various habitats

WANG Hongyi1, WANG Zhengwen2, LI Linghao2, CHEN Yajun1, REN Liyun3   

  1. 1. College of Horticulture, Northeast Agricultural University, Harbin 150030, China;
    2. Laboratory of Quantitative Vegetation Ecology, Institute of Botany, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100093, China;
    3. Animal Husbandry Bureau of Taipusiqi, Xilingol League, Inner Mongolia, Taipusiqi 027000, China
  • Received:2004-08-21 Revised:2004-11-08 Online:2005-06-10

Abstract: This paper summed up the reproductive strategies and the ecological adaptability of clonal plants in six different habitats such as forest understory,steppe,desert,farmlands and water area,and discussed the trade-off relations or relative importance of sexual vs.asexual reproduction which regularly change with water status,light and temperature.Such regularity was clarified as:the harsher the environment is,the more asexual reproduction would contribute to the regeneration and survival of the populations.In addition,we compared the ecological and functional properties of sexual vs.asexual reproduction modes,reviewed recent researches on the trade-off relations between the two reproductive modes,and mentioned some factors influencing such tradeoff relations.Finally,we made a prospect about future research of reproductive strategy of clonal plants especially in terms of approaches.

Key words: Oryza sativa, Enzyme activity, Grain-filling, Photooxidation

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