tassel seed

Normal corn plants produce only staminate (male) flower on tassel. Tassels of mutant plants produce few staminate flowers and numerous pistillate. Sometimes, seeds form if pistil is fertilized from normal plant. At least six mutant gens have been discovered and symptoms may differ. (Neuffer, Coe, and Wessler, 1997)

     
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