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Emasculation and Pollination Techniques

Emasculation and Pollination Techniques Emasculation Removal of stamens or anthers or killing the pollen of a flower without the female reproductive organ is known as emasculation.  In bisexual flowers, emasculation is essential to prevent of self-pollination.  In monoecious plants, male flowers are removed. (Castor, coconut) or male inflorescence is removed (maize).  In species with large [...]

Plant Breeding

Plant Breeding Introduction Artificial plant breeding has been done for thousands of years. Since the beginning of farming, farmers have selectively chosen the plants they wish to continue to grow. The farmers planted seeds harvested from the plants that were the biggest, healthiest, or tastiest. This reproduces plants similar to the desired phenotype, although the [...]