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Development of Reproductive Structures in Grain Legumes: The Growth, Cell Structure and Maturation of Pods and Seeds

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  03 October 2008

Sarah Davies  and
Watkin Williams
Sarah Davies
Affiliation:
Department of Agricultural Botany, University of Reading, England
Watkin Williams
Affiliation:
Department of Agricultural Botany, University of Reading, England
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The study was carried out in an unheated glasshouse under natural conditions of daylength and temperature. Rates of pod and seed growth and development, and of desiccation at maturity, are reported in single genotypes of Lupinus albus, Lupinus mutabilis, Vicia faba, Pisum sativum and Lathyrus latifolius. The histology of tissue layers in pods are also described. The culti-var of Pisum sativum completed dry weight accumulation in pods in 20 days from anthesis; the equivalent time in Lupinus albus (Kievskij mutant) was 60–70 days and in genotypes of Lupinus mutabilis and Vicia faba about 50 days. The heavier pods and seeds of the L. albus and V. faba cultivars were due to a prolonged rapid growth phase: rates of weight accumulation in seeds during the rapid growth phase were similar for all cultivars. The histology of the pod wall varied between species but the rate of dehydration of pods was not a factor in determining date of maturity. The results are discussed in the light of reservations based on known intra-specific variation in crop species.

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Research Article
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Experimental Agriculture , Volume 22 , Issue 2 , April 1986 , pp. 105 - 115
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1986

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