Publications by authors named "Imena Valdes"
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- * The study investigated whether the plants are self-compatible or rely on cross-pollination, finding that self-pollination results in very low fruit set (9%), while cross-pollination between unrelated plants is most successful at setting fruit (59%).
- * Results showed that self-pollinated fruits contained significantly fewer viable seeds compared to outcrossed ones, indicating that self-incompatibility may contribute to low fruit set in these plants, especially in fragmented habitats.
Premise: Flowers of the Apocynaceae (milkweed family) have complex structures and pollination mechanisms. Pollen removal and deposition in , , and are similar, with anthers releasing pollen onto the sterile style head. The mid-style head excretes a glue that coats the mouthparts of vistors to aid in the transfer of pollen.
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