Long-Term Maternal Fertilizer Addition Increased Seed Size but Decreased Germination Capacity and Offspring Performance in Taxus baccata L.

Plant fitness and species persistence depend on seed quantity their ability to germinate produce viable offspring. Although maternal environment can have a great impact quality, few studies are pointing the transgenerational effect of germination rate offspring traits. Moreover, global changes connected nitrogen phosphorus deposition also plants’ reproductive performance. Here, we collected Taxus baccata L. seeds produced by same genotype female plants grown in different nutritional regimes. We use them analyze size long-term fertilization capacity Our results show that fertilizer addition increases ratio large produced, but at time decreases compared control nonfertilized plants. it was demonstrated impacts traits rate, mass rather than Therefore, study provides information how regulates as well seedling growth adapt increased improves prediction about response environmental changes.