Publication Date
1989
Description
In Panicum maximum, the fertility is often low : 9 to 40 % (Warmke, 1951; Javier, 1970). At the Agricultural station of Man (Ivory Coast) - a limit region for natural dispersion of guinea grass -, the same amplitude has been noted. But our observations showed a negative correlation between fertility and panicle length. The study of the spikelet distribution into the sheathed panicle and its factors of variability bring an answer to explain this phenomenon.
Citation
Noirot, M, "The Morphological Relation in the Panicle of Panicum maximum Jacq. Consequences on the Pollination and the Fertility" (2025). IGC Proceedings (1989-2023). 74.
https://uknowledge.uky.edu/igc/1989/session1/74
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The Morphological Relation in the Panicle of Panicum maximum Jacq. Consequences on the Pollination and the Fertility
In Panicum maximum, the fertility is often low : 9 to 40 % (Warmke, 1951; Javier, 1970). At the Agricultural station of Man (Ivory Coast) - a limit region for natural dispersion of guinea grass -, the same amplitude has been noted. But our observations showed a negative correlation between fertility and panicle length. The study of the spikelet distribution into the sheathed panicle and its factors of variability bring an answer to explain this phenomenon.
