A compendium of vivipary in the Cactaceae: new reports, data, and research prospects

Cota-Sánchez, J. Hugo

doi:10.1007/s40415-022-00834-z

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“…Similarly, vivipary is equally quite pervasive in wild plant species. It occurs in numerous lineages, from ferns to gymnosperms to angiosperms (Cota-Sánchez, 2022). And its wide geographic range encompasses lineages with diverse life forms implying that this attribute has no habitat or ecological preferences in nature.…”

Section: Incidence Of Vivipary In Edible Crop Plantsmentioning

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To eat or not to eat: premature sprouting (vivipary) in cereal and fruit crops

Cota-Sánchez

2023

Acta Sci. Biol. Sci.

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Vivipary also known as the precocious germination of seeds while still attached to the mother plant or fruit, it’s a relatively common phenomenon in angiosperms. However, the proliferating seedlings though interesting to look at, deter customers from eating the fruits. Similarly, vivipary is an adverse phenomenon for the agroindustry because of the lowest quality and palatability of fruits as well as lower seed set and viability. This paper highlights the taxonomic occurrence of vivipary in cereal and crop plants and the detrimental effects of this phenomenon in agricultural crops. According to literature sources, there are 38 fruit crops in which vivipary has been reported. The families Cucurbitaceae, Poaceae, Rutaceae, and Solanaceae include the fruits with the highest incidence of vivipary in the markets.

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Section: Incidence Of Vivipary In Edible Crop Plantsmentioning

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To eat or not to eat: premature sprouting (vivipary) in cereal and fruit crops

Cota-Sánchez

2023

Acta Sci. Biol. Sci.

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Cryptovivipary: A rare phenomenon in monoecious species of Ficus L. (Moraceae)

Debbarma,

Banik,

Mili

et al. 2024

South African Journal of Botany

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First account of vivipary, including physical and chemical attributes, in fruits of Cereus hildmannianus K. Schum. (Cactaceae)

Santos,

Luz,

Mangolim

et al. 2024

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The basic aspects of vivipary, precocious germination within the fruit, are known. Consequently, research on this topic in the Cactaceae has increased in the last two decades and becoming more diversified. The family is amongst the most viviparous-rich angiosperm families together with some mangrove lineages. In this paper we report a new case of facultative vivipary, specifically cryptovivipary, in Cereus hildmannianus, a South American columnar species and expand aspects regarding the physico-chemical traits of its fruits. The goals of this investigation were to: 1) report the first occurrence of vivipary in this species and characteristics of viviparous seedlings, and 2) describe some of the physical and chemical attributes of viviparous and non-viviparous fruits, such as size, weight, color, and total soluble solids (°Brix). Our findings show that this is third account in Cereus, for a 3% vivipary at the generic level. This discovery increases to 78 viviparous species for an overall 5.4% of viviparity family wide. Generally, the number and percentage of vivipary was low, with an average of 22.3 viviparous seedlings from an average of 1319 ungerminated seeds (= 1.7% vivipary/fruit). Statistical analyses indicate that non-viviparous fruits are larger, heavier, have higher content of soluble solids, thicker and brighter pericarp, and more seeds. Agriculturally, these attributes are more appealing to consumers suggesting that normal, non-viviparous fruits, are commercially more desirable; hence, vivipary is a detrimental character in fruit crops.

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A compendium of vivipary in the Cactaceae: new reports, data, and research prospects

Cited by 4 publications

References 82 publications

To eat or not to eat: premature sprouting (vivipary) in cereal and fruit crops

To eat or not to eat: premature sprouting (vivipary) in cereal and fruit crops

Cryptovivipary: A rare phenomenon in monoecious species of Ficus L. (Moraceae)

First account of vivipary, including physical and chemical attributes, in fruits of Cereus hildmannianus K. Schum. (Cactaceae)

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