Zhang J1, C Zhou2, YF Yang1
Phyton-International Journal of Experimental Botany, Vol.84, No.2, pp. 417-422, 2015, DOI:10.32604/phyton.2015.84.417
Abstract Spatial expansion of clonal plants and growth of their modules are of concern in the field of plant ecology. After measuring a large number of samples, we analyzed the module components and the growth patterns of vegetatively propagated Agropyron michnoi clones in the Songnen Plain on Northeast China. The results showed that the plasticity of clonal growth was large; the coefficients of variation of both extensive areas and the quantitative characters of modules were more than 20%. The numbers of ramets, seedlings, and buds and the cumulative length of the rhizomes showed exponentially and linearly increasing More >