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Trade-offs between seed output and life span - a quantitative comparison of traits between annual and perennial congeneric species.
The New phytologist - 1 Jan 2016
Vico Giulia, Manzoni Stefano, Nkurunziza Libère, Murphy Kevin, Weih Martin
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Perennial plants allocate more resources belowground, thus sustaining important ecosystem services. Hence, shifting from annual to perennial crops has been advocated towards a more sustainable agriculture. Nevertheless, wild perennial species have lower seed production than selected annuals, raising the questions of whether there is a fundamental trade-off between reproductive effort and life span, and whether...
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