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Reproductive characters associated with breeding behaviour inBeta sect.Beta (Chenopodiaceae)

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Populations of different taxa withinBeta sect.Beta were compared using a number of floral and reproductive characters. Plants which were known to be self-incompatible (through S-allele incompatibility) were found to be morphologically distinct from those which were self-compatible, with the floral characteristics of the latter promoting their autogamy.

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  1. Scottish Crop Research Institute, Pentlandfield, Roslin, Midlothian, Scotland, U.K.

    M. F. B. Dale

  2. Department of Plant Biology, University of Birmingham, P.O. Box 363, B15 2TT, Birmingham, England, U.K.

    B. V. Ford-Lloyd

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Dale, M.F.B., Ford-Lloyd, B.V. Reproductive characters associated with breeding behaviour inBeta sect.Beta (Chenopodiaceae). Pl Syst Evol 143, 277–283 (1983). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00986609

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