{"id":731,"date":"2016-01-29T15:46:34","date_gmt":"2016-01-29T15:46:34","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.uakron.edu\/mitchell\/?page_id=731"},"modified":"2016-02-02T20:48:26","modified_gmt":"2016-02-02T20:48:26","slug":"lesquerella-fendleri","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/blogs.uakron.edu\/mitchell\/interests\/lesquerella-fendleri\/","title":{"rendered":"Lesquerella fendleri"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><i><b><span style=\"font-size: large\">Lesquerella fendleri<\/span><\/b><\/i><b> <\/b>(Brassicaceae) is a small perennial common in the deserts of the southwestern USA. The 15 mm diameter yellow flowers are simultaneously hermaphroditic, and are self-incompatible. Pollination in the field is accomplished by small bees and beeflies foraging for nectar and pollen.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.uakron.edu\/mitchell\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1291\/2016\/01\/lfplant.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-735\" src=\"http:\/\/blogs.uakron.edu\/mitchell\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1291\/2016\/01\/lfplant-300x200.jpg\" alt=\"lfplant\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" \/><\/a>My studies on<u><i> <\/i><\/u><i>Lesquerella fendleri<\/i> have been conducted at the <span style=\"color: #0000ff\"><a style=\"color: #0000ff\" href=\"http:\/\/sevilleta.unm.edu\/\">Sevilleta Long Term Ecological Research Station,<\/a><\/span> at the Sevilleta National Wildlife Refuge, an hour&#8217;s drive south of Albuquerque, NM, USA.<\/p>\n<p><b><span style=\"font-size: large\">Publications involving <i>Lesquerella fendleri:<\/i><\/span><\/b><\/p>\n<p>1997. <b>Mitchell, RJ.<\/b> Effects of pollination intensity on <i>Lesquerella fendleri<\/i> seed set: variation among plants. Oecologia 109:382-388.<\/p>\n<p>Cabin, RJ, AS Evans, DL Jennings, DL Marshall, <b>RJ Mitchell,<\/b> AA Sher. Using bud pollinations to avoid self-incompatibility: evidence from three mustards. Canadian Journal of Botany 74:285-289.<\/p>\n<p>1996. Evans, AS, <b>RJ Mitchell<\/b>, R Cabin. Effects of gibberellic acid on seed germination and seedling morphology in <i>Lesquerella fendleri<\/i>. American Journal of Botany 83:543-549.<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-739 alignright\" src=\"http:\/\/blogs.uakron.edu\/mitchell\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1291\/2016\/01\/sev-200x300.jpg\" alt=\"sev\" width=\"200\" height=\"300\" \/><\/p>\n<p>1995. <b>Mitchell, RJ<\/b> &amp; DL Marshall. Effects of pollen proximity on the stigma on paternal success in <i>Lesquerella fendleri<\/i>. American Journal of Botany 82:462-467.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.uakron.edu\/biology\/mitchell\/roll97.html\"><span style=\"color: #0000ff\">Roll, JR, RJ Mitchell, RJ Cabin, DL Marshall. 1997<\/span>.<\/a> Reproductive success increases with local density of\u00a0conspecifics in the desert mustard <i>Lesquerella fendleri.<\/i> Conservation Biology 11: in press<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #0000ff\"><a style=\"color: #0000ff\" href=\"http:\/\/www.uakron.edu\/biology\/mitchell\/m97evol.html\">Mitchell, RJ. 1997<\/a><\/span> Effects of pollen quantity on progeny vigor: evidence from <i>Lesquerella fendleri.<\/i> Evolution. In press<\/p>\n<p>Cabin, R, AS Evans, <b>RJ Mitchell.<\/b> Do dormant and germinating seeds differ in vigor? The case of <i>Lesquerella fendleri<\/i>. American Midland Naturalist. In Review<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Lesquerella fendleri (Brassicaceae) is a small perennial common in the deserts of the southwestern USA. 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