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Chapter Ⅰ
1.1 General Introduction
1.2 Developmental plasticity and evolution
1.3 Ecological constraints on the evolution of plasticity in plants
1.4 Mechanisms of plastic response
1.5 Challenges in interpreting plasticity
Chapter Ⅱ Evidence of phenotypic plasticity in the response of Fagopyrum esculentum to population density and emergence date
2.1 Introduction
2.2 Materials and methods
2.2.1 The Study Species
2.2.2 Experimental Design and Treatments
2.2.3 Data Analysis
2.3 Results
2.4 Discussion
2.4.1 Plasticity in architectural and biomass ratios in response to density
2.4.2 Plasticity in architectural and biomass ratios in response to sowing date
2.4.3 Magnitude of plasticity among treatments
Chapter Ⅲ Variation in branch length in the response of fagopyrum esculentum to population density and sowing date: No evidence for optimality
3.1 Introduction
3.2 Materials and Methods
3.2.1 Specie description
3.2.2 Experimental design and Treatments
3.2.3 Data Analysis
3.3 Results
3.3.1 Allometric relationship between branch length and total biomass
3.4 Discussion
3.4.1 Change in branch length: optimality or size?
Chapter Ⅳ Phenotypic plasticity in Datura stramonium in response to density and nutrient supply
4.1 Introduction
4.2 Materials and Methods
4.2.1 Brief description of the species
4.2.2 Study site and environmental conditions
4.2.3 Experimental design and treatments
4.2.4 Measurements
4.2.5 Data analysis
4.3 Results
4.4 Discussion
3.4.1 Effect of density
3.4.2 Effect of nutrient supply
Chapter Ⅴ Plasticity in reproductive allocation in Datura in response to four environmental factors
5.1 Introduction
5.2 Materials and Methods
5.2.1 Study species
5.2.2 Study site and environmental conditions
5.2.3 Experimental design
5.2.4 Data analysis
5.3 Results
5.3.1 Allometric relationships
5.4 Discussions
Chapter Ⅵ Phenotypic plasticity and its potential impact on grain production in two annual crop species
6.1 Introduction
6.2 Materials and Methods
6.2.1 Treatments and experimental design
6.2.2 Measurements
6.2.3 Data analysis
6.3 Results
6.4 Discussion
6.4.1 Pattern of plasticity and reproductive allocation in response to density
6.4.2 Consequences of the plasticity patterns on grain production
6.4.3 Some concluding remarks
Chapter Ⅶ
7.1 General Conclusions
7.2 Suggestions for further research
第七章
7.1结论与讨论
7.2研究展望
References
Aknowledgements
Publications from my thesis
