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gynomonoecious

[¦gīn·ō·mä′nē·shəs]
(botany)
Having complete and pistillate flowers on the same plant.
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Registration of gynomonoecious germplasm (GSF-I and GSF-II) of eastern gamagrass.
Comparison of monoecious and gynomonoecious eastern gamagrass breeding systems for foliar disease susceptibility and agronomic traits, p.
Dioecious species possess mainly medium-sized flowers (84%), and most gynomonoecious species bear medium-sized (55%) or very small (36%) flowers.
Monoecious colonizers are proposed as insect or wind pollinated (50% each), as are the few gynomonoecious species (40% insect and 40% wind).
About 7% of the flora is gynomonoecious, with representatives from the Asteraceae, Chenopodiaceae, Cuminia (Lamiaceae), and Lactoris (Lactoridaceae).
The intergenic cross was successful in generating maize-Tripsacum hybrids that expressed either a tassel seed or gynomonoecious phenotype.
Co-segregation of the gynomonoecious sex form1 gene (gsf1) of Tripsacum dactyloides (Poaceae) with molecular markers.
Registration of gynomonoecious germplasm (GSF-1 and GSF-II) of eastern gamagrass.
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