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The pollination of hybrid kale (Brassica oleraceae L.)

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  27 March 2009

J. B. Free
Affiliation:
Rothamsied Experimental Station, Harpenden, Hertfordshire
Ingrid H. Williams
Affiliation:
Rothamsied Experimental Station, Harpenden, Hertfordshire

Summary

Honeybees were able to distinguish between the flowers of two different oultivars of kale grown to produce hybrid seed and most foraged only on one or other of them.

Type
Short Note
Copyright
Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1973

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