Abstract:Ramets of Leymus chinensis could be divided into seven age classes (AC) and four generations [flowering ancestral generation G(1) and vegetative ancestral generation G1; flowering maternal generation G(2) and vegetative maternal generation G2; flowering current generation G(3) and vegetative current generation G3; vegetative filial generation G4]. Through the apical translocation, mother generation ramets exported ()~(14)C-photoassimilate into daughter generation flowering ramets at a lower rate, and into ...