Optimal flower and ovule production strategies in plants

2011 Fiscal Year Final Research Report

• Project/Area Number: 21370006
• Research Category: Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (B)
• Allocation Type: Single-year Grants
• Section: 一般
• Research Field: Ecology/Environment
• Research Institution: Tohoku University
• Principal Investigator: SAKAI Satoki 東北大学, 大学院・生命科学研究科, 准教授 (90272004)
• Project Period (FY): 2009 – 2011
• Keywords: 花 / 胚珠 / 繁殖 / 開花

Research Abstract

I analyzed optimal flower and ovule production in plants by developing a mathematical model. I also tested the prediction of the model.

Research Products

• [Journal Article] Temperature-dependent fluctuation of stamen number in Cardamine hirsuta (Brassicaceae). (2011)
  • Author(s): Matsuhashi, S., Sakai, S., and Kudo, H.
  • Journal Title: International Journal of Plant Sciences in press.
  • Peer Reviewed
• [Journal Article] Evolution of exalbuminous seeds as a result of competition between maternally-derived and paternally-derived genes. (2011)
  • Author(s): Sakai, S.
  • Journal Title: Evolutionary Ecology Research Volume: 12 Pages: 855-871
  • Peer Reviewed
• [Journal Article] With whom is the gene in conflict in offspring production? : synthesis of the theories of intragenomic and parent-offspring conflict. (2010)
  • Author(s): Sakai, S.
  • Journal Title: Journal of theoretical Biology Volume: 266 Pages: 367-373
  • Peer Reviewed
• [Journal Article] Bombus terrestris be a stronger competitor against native species? : comparison of foraging efficiency of and native bumblebee species. (2010)
  • Author(s): Inoue, M. N., Makino, T. T., Yokoyama, J., and Sakai, S.
  • Journal Title: Applied Entomology and Zoology Volume: 45 Pages: 71-75
  • Peer Reviewed
• [Journal Article] Optimal defense strategy against herbivory in plants : Conditions selecting for induced defense, constitutive defense, and no-defense. (2009)
  • Author(s): Ito, K. and Sakai, S.
  • Journal Title: Journal of theoretical Biology Volume: 260 Pages: 453-459
  • Peer Reviewed
• [Journal Article] Overproduction and selective abortion of ovules based on the order of fertilization revisited. (2009)
  • Author(s): Sakai, S. and Kojima, T.
  • Journal Title: Journal of theoretical Biology Volume: 260 Pages: 430-437
  • Peer Reviewed
• [Journal Article] Floral herbivory at different stages of flower development changes reproduction in Iris gracilipes (Iridaceae). (2009)
  • Author(s): Oguro, M. and Sakai, S.
  • Journal Title: Plant Ecology Volume: 202 Pages: 221-234
  • Peer Reviewed
• [Journal Article] Day-night fluctuations in floral scent and their effects on reproductive success in Lilium auratum. (2009)
  • Author(s): Morinaga, S.-I., Kumano, Y., Ota, A., Yamaoka, R., and Sakai, S.
  • Journal Title: Population Ecology Volume: 51 Pages: 187-195
  • Peer Reviewed