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Pollination Cycles of Some Grasses in Oklahoma
Author(s) -
Jones Melvin D.,
Brown John G.
Publication year - 1951
Publication title -
agronomy journal
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.752
H-Index - 131
eISSN - 1435-0645
pISSN - 0002-1962
DOI - 10.2134/agronj1951.00021962004300050003x
Subject(s) - agricultural experiment station , agriculture , biology , agronomy , mathematics , library science , computer science , ecology
MELVIN D. JONES AND JOHN G. BROWN IT is essential that the breeder be familiar with the breeding behavior of grasses in order to apply effective breeding techniques. Of concern to the grass breeder are the characteristic pollen shedding habits of the different grasses which he seeks to improve. It would be helpful to him to know the time of day and the number of days that a given grass sheds pollen in order to collect large quantities of viable pollen and make hybridizations in the field at the time when there