Pollination and Reproductive Relationship of Four Mangroves Species in Zanzibar, Tanzania
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Date
2016
Authors
Ali, Ibrahim Abdalla
Kairu, Eunice W
Abubakar, Zakia M
Mchenga, Islam S.S
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Mutagens
Abstract
Relationship between flowers and fruits can occur as a result of several factors;
including temperature, soil, rainfall, light intensity, plant resources, and genetic
structure. This study was designed to investigate effect of pollination on buds,
flowers, fruit sets and fruits of four mangroves species namely Rhizophora
mucronata, Bruguiera gymnorhiza, Ceriops tagal and Avicennia marina. A branch
free from pest and diseases have been randomly selected and observations were
carried out twice a week in 9 months (July 2013 to March 2014). Results
showed that, there were significant differences in the number of buds, flowers,
fruit set, visitors, visits and fruits in all four mangrove species. There were
variations of relationships among reproduction variables. A strong relationship
was observed between buds and flowers in all species. Increase number of
flowers concurrently increases number of fruit set in all species, although A.
marina shown a weak relationship. We concluded that the increases number of
mangroves fruits not only depends on number of fruit set and other
reproduction variables, but also there was other abiotic and biotic factors
required intensive investigation.
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Keywords
Bud, Flower, Fruit, Pollination, Visitors, Visits
Citation
Ali, A. I., Kairu, E. W., Abubakar, Z. M., & Mchenga, I. S. (2016). Pollination and Reproductive Relationship of Four Mangroves Species in Zanzibar, Tanzania. Journal of Global Biosciences, 5(1), 3572-3584.