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The pollination requirements of oil-seed rape (Brassica napus L.)

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  27 March 2009

Ingrid H. Williams ,
A. P. Martin  and
R. P. White
Ingrid H. Williams
Affiliation:
Rothamsted Experimental Station, Harpenden, Hertfordshire
A. P. Martin
Affiliation:
Rothamsted Experimental Station, Harpenden, Hertfordshire
R. P. White
Affiliation:
Rothamsted Experimental Station, Harpenden, Hertfordshire
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Summary

The pollination requirements of three cultivars of winter and one of spring swede rape (Brassica napus), grown in a glasshouse, were compared. All cultivars yielded more when hand-pollinated than when auto-pollinated but were self-fertile and yielded equally well whether self- or cross-pollinated. In most cultivars plants that were shaken to simulate movement of plants by wind yielded more than autopollinated plants and not significantly differently from hand-pollinated plants. Handpollinating and shaking plants also increased the set of early flowers.

Type
Research Article
Information
The Journal of Agricultural Science , Volume 106 , Issue 1 , February 1986 , pp. 27 - 30
Copyright
Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1986

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