Allocation of resources to reproduction in plants is of key interest in both evolutionary biology and agriculture. In evolutionary biology, allocation to reproduction will determine an individual’s capacity to produce offspring and is central to individual fitness. In agriculture, seeds and fruits are the food-producing tissues in many crop species. Thus, allocation to reproduction and reproductive size are the targets of both natural and artificial selection. The modular nature of plants means that reproductive size is related to overall plant size; reproductive units (flowers or inflorescences) are formed from meristems on vegetative units, and increasing vegetative size increases the potential number of reproductive units. Importantly, the relationship between reproductive size and plant size is often allometric where reproductive size can increase disproportionately with vegetative size. In this issue of Annals of Botany, Fournier et al. (2020) examine size and phenology effects on reproduction in two blueberry (Vaccinium) species.

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大小和物候控制植物繁殖和农业生产。评论：“植物异速生长如何影响两种牛痘属植物的芽物候和果实产量”。

将资源分配给植物繁殖是进化生物学和农业的关键兴趣所在。在进化生物学中，生殖分配将决定个体生产后代的能力，并且是个体适应度的核心。在农业中，种子和果实是许多作物物种的食物生产组织。因此，分配给繁殖和繁殖大小是自然和人工选择的目标。植物的模块化性质意味着繁殖大小与植物整体大小有关；生殖单位（花或花序）由营养单位上的分生组织形成，增加营养单位的大小会增加潜在的生殖单位数量。重要的，生殖大小和植物大小之间的关系通常是异速生长的，其中生殖大小可以与营养大小不成比例地增加。在本期植物学年鉴, Fournier等人。(2020) 检查大小和物候对两种蓝莓（越桔）物种繁殖的影响。