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‘Electric aided’ pollination: A method of breaking incompatibility in Brassica oleracea L.

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In Brussels sprouts and Savoy cabbage the sporophytic incompatibility barrier can be broken by applying a direct electric potential difference of 100 V between pollen and stigma during pollination. The effect, measured as the number of seeds per flower, depends on the kind of plant and the degree of incompatibility. The mechanism underlying this phenomenon as well as the possible practical use of ‘electric aided pollination’ (EAP) are discussed.

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  1. Institute for Horticultural Plant Breeding (IVT), Wageningen, the Netherlands

    H. P. J. R. Roggen, A. J. van Dijk & C. Dorsman

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Roggen, H.P.J.R., van Dijk, A.J. & Dorsman, C. ‘Electric aided’ pollination: A method of breaking incompatibility in Brassica oleracea L.. Euphytica 21, 181–184 (1972). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00036758

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