Plant BiologybioRxiv
Novel Computed Tomography-based tools reliably quantify plant reproductive investment
Y. M. Staedler, T. Kreisberger, S. Manafzadeh…·J. Schoenenberger
The paper introduces CT-based tools to quantify pollen and ovule counts in orchids, finding deceptive flowers have more ovules and higher variance in pollen-ovule ratios than rewarding flowers.
DOI 10.1093/jxb/erx405