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Observations on Buffalograss Sexual Characteristics and Potential for Seed Production Improvement

Lin Wu, Ali H. Harvindi, Victor A. Gibeault

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Abstract Three sex forms (dioecious, monoecious, and hermaphrodite) were found in a buffalograss population. The ratio of female : male : monoecious was found to be about 1 : 1 : 1. Monoecious plants and hermaphrodite flowers showed self-incompatibility. Cross-pollinated hermaphrodite flowers had about 50% seed set. A considerable variation in inflorescence height suggests that it has potential for selection and may be favorable for seed harvest.

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Abstract Three sex forms (dioecious, monoecious, and hermaphrodite) were found in a buffalograss population. The ratio of female : male : monoecious was found to be about 1 : 1 : 1. Monoecious plants and hermaphrodite flowers showed self-incompatibility. Cross-pollinated hermaphrodite flowers had about 50% seed set. A considerable variation in inflorescence height suggests that it has potential for selection and may be favorable for seed harvest.

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Abstract Three sex forms (dioecious, monoecious, and hermaphrodite) were found in a buffalograss population. The ratio of female : male : monoecious was found to be about 1 : 1 : 1. Monoecious plants and hermaphrodite flowers showed self-incompatibility. Cross-pollinated hermaphrodite flowers had about 50% seed set. A considerable variation in inflorescence height suggests that it has potential for selection and may be favorable for seed harvest.

Key concepts: Plant reproductive morphology, Hermaphrodite, Inflorescence, Biology, Population, Botany, Fructification, Dioecy

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