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1. The highest percentage of staminate flowers was recorded in Sweet lime, and the least in Lemon Kaghzi, amongst the seventeen non-commercial citrus varieties studied at the Horticultural Research Institute, Saharanpur.
2. The maximum number of staminate flowers were found to open either in the early or late hours of the day.
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Communicated by Dr. L. D. Kapoor,f.a.sc.
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Motial, V.S. Sex-expression in some non-commercial citrus varieties. Proc. Indian Acad. Sci. 59, 96–102 (1964). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF03052393
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/BF03052393