On the Importance of Male Fitness in Plants: Patterns of Fruit-Set

摘要: A hypothesis is presented which states that flower production in hermaphroditic flow- ering plants primarily controlled by male function. The function predicts a lower fruit-to-flower ratio for hermaphrodites as compared to monoecious or dioecious plants. hy- pothesis also self-compatible should exhibit higher percent fruit-set than self-incompatible hermaphrodites. These predictions are supported data compiled from the literature. An alternative relating probability of self-fertilization low self-incompatibility tested and rejected on basis patterns self-incom- patible andromonoecious, monoecious, species. effect current ideas concerning then examined.