protandry

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pollination and plant breeding

  • Triticale
    In plant breeding: Mating systems

    , protandry (pollen shed before the ovules are mature, as in the carrot and walnut), dioecy (male and female parts are borne on different plants, as in the date palm, asparagus, and hops), and genetically determined self-incompatibility (inability of pollen to grow on the stigma of…

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prevention of self-pollination

  • Bumblebee on honeysuckle
    In pollination: Structural

    …and salvias (Salvia species), is protandry, in which the stamens ripen before the pistils. Protogyny, the situation in which the pistils mature first, occurs in arum lilies and many wind-pollinated plants, such as grasses—although several grasses are self-pollinated, including common varieties of wheat, barley, and oats. Avocado has both protogynous…

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