Impact of the female and hermaphrodite forms of Opuntia robusta on the plant defence hypothesis

Abstract The optimal defence hypothesis predicts that increased plant defence capabilities, lower levels of damage, and lower investment in vegetative biomass will occur more frequently in sexual forms with higher resource-demanding tissue production and/or younger plant parts. We aimed to examine t...

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Main Authors: Mariusz Krzysztof Janczur, Emilio González-Camarena, Hector Javier León-Solano, Mario Alberto Sandoval-Molina, Bartosz Jenner
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Nature Publishing Group 2021-06-01
Series:Scientific Reports
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-021-91524-5