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Determining the Efficacy of a Hybridizing Agent in Wheat (Triticum aestivum L.).
Scientific reports - 27 Dec 2019
Easterly Amanda C, Stroup Walter W, Garst Nicholas, Belamkar Vikas, Sarazin Jean-Benoit, Moittié Thierry, Ibrahim Amir M H, Rudd Jackie C, Souza Edward, Baenziger P Stephen
Abstract excerpt
Hybrid wheat (Triticum spp.) has the potential to boost yields and enhance production under changing climates to feed the growing global population. Production of hybrid wheat seed relies on male sterility, the blocking of pollen production, to prevent self-pollination. One method of preventing self-pollination in the female plants is to apply a chemical hybridizing agent (CHA). However, some combinations of CHA...
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