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Ineffectiveness of wrapped flower in inhibiting cross-fertilization in pigeonpea

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The wrapped flower character has been reported to inhibit out-crossing in pigeonpea in Australia. However, one of the wrapped flower lines gave an average of about 16% out-crossing at ICRISAT Center near Hyderabad, India. This level of out-crossing was not different from that in cultivars having normal (unwrapped) flowers. This suggests that the wrapped flower trait is not a dependable character for reducing out-crossing in pigeonpea.

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  1. International Crops Research Institute for the Semi-Arid Tropics, 502324, Patancheru, Andhra Pradesh, India

    K. B. Saxena, D. Sharma & D. G. Faris

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ICRISAT Journal Article No. 578.

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Saxena, K.B., Sharma, D. & Faris, D.G. Ineffectiveness of wrapped flower in inhibiting cross-fertilization in pigeonpea. Euphytica 36, 295–297 (1987). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00730676

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