Table 6.
Previous studies on the relationship between genome size (GS) and generation time (Gen.) or relative growth rate (RGR)
| Variable |
Correlation |
Description |
Authors |
|---|---|---|---|
| Gen. | + | GS annuals <GS perennialsin 45 spieces of Vicia | Chooi, 1971 |
| Gen. | + | GS annuals <GS obligate perennials in 271 angiosperms | Bennett, 1972 |
| Gen. | + | GS annuals <GS perennials in 22 species of Crepis | Jones and Brown, 1976 |
| Gen. | + | GS annuals <GS perennials in 18 species of Helianthus | Sims and Price, 1985 |
| Gen. | + | GS annuals <GS perennials in 10 Arachis sp | Singh et al., 1996 |
| Gen. | + | GS annuals <GS perennials in 565 angiosperms (genus level) | Vinogradov, 2001 |
| Gen. | + | GS annuals <GS perennials in 24 species of Lathyrus | Nandini and Murray, 1997 |
| Gen. | ns | Annuals vs. perennials in 401 CA angiosperms | Knight and Ackerly, 2002 |
| Gen. | + | Length of vegetative period in maize strains | Tito et al., 1991 |
| Gen. | + | Helianthus annuus | Natali et al., 1993 |
| Gen. | + | Days to flowering in 30 populations of Festuca arundinacea | Ceccarelli et al., 1993 |
| Gen. | + | Minimum seed-bearing age in 18 North American pines | Wakamiya et al., 1993 |
| Gen. | + | Maize | Rayburn, 1994 |
| Gen. | − | Initial month flowering in 42 Allium species | Labani and Elkington, 1987 |
| Gen. | − | Tetraploids flowered earlier than diploids, populations of D. glomerata | Bretagnolle and Thompson, 1996 |
| Gen. | − | First month flowering in 28 Allium species | Baranyi and Greilhuber, 1999 |
| Gen. | ns | 162 British annuals and perennials | Grime and Mowforth, 1982 |
| Gen. | ns | Pisum sativum | Cavallini et al., 1993 |
| Gen. | ns | Seed germination to anthesis, 15 populations of Dasypyrum villosum | Caceres et al., 1998 |
| RGR | + | Rate of leaf extension at low temperatures for 24 UK species | Grime et al., 1985 |
| RGR | + | Pisum sativum | Cavallini et al., 1993 |
| RGR | + | Epicotyl length 2–3 d after germination in 10 populations of Vicia faba | Minelli et al., 1996 |
| RGR | + | Growth at low temperatures for 7 population of Trifolium repens | Campbell et al., 1999 |
| RGR | + | 16 grassland species in UK | Leishman, 1999 |
| RGR | − | 6 weeks growth for 44 tillers of Poa annua | Mowforth and Grime, 1989 |
| RGR | − | 10 d after germ. in 30 populations of Festuca arundinaceae | Ceccarelli et al., 1993 |
| RGR | − | 12 Southwestern Zea mays | Biradar et al., 1994 |
| RGR | − | Relative growth rate for 30 pines | Grotkopp et al., 1998 |
| RGR | ns | Helianthus annuus | Natali et al., 1993 |
| RGR | ns | Growth 7–21 d following germination for 43 species in the UK | Grime et al., 1997 |
Correlations are either +, −, or not significant (ns).