
TY  - JOUR
A1  - Foulds, W 
T1  - Polymorphism for Cyanogenesis in <I>Lotus australis</I> Andr. Populations at Greenough Front Flats, Western Australia
JF  - Australian Journal of Botany
JO  - Aust. J. Bot.
Y1  - 1982
VL  - 30
IS  - 2
SP  - 211
EP  - 217
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UR  - https://doi.org/10.1071/BT9820211 
N2  - In populations of Lotus australis growing on a sand dune system south of Geraldton: Western Australia, the seedling stage was polymorphic at the coastal and inland sites, both populations containing about 15% of acyanogenic phenotypes. All but 2% of these acyanogenic seedlings were developmentally flexible and in moist productive conditions eventually metabolized both glucoside and enzyme. This developmental inhibition of glucoside and enzyme may be a response to severe soil moisture stress, salt stress or trampling by sheep. All the adult plants were cyanogenic (under natural conditions) on the coastal dunes but the inland dunes retained a relatively high proportion (12%) of acyanogenic individuals. 
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