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The relationship of number and position of seeds to fruit size and curvature in Capsicum annuum L.

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  27 March 2009

R. N. McArdle
R. N. McArdle
Affiliation:
Department of Horticulture, University of Maryland, College Park, Maryland 20742, U.S.A.
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Fruit curvature is a trait which has been little investigated by botanists and horticulturists. The degree to which a fruit is curved can be accounted for intuitively in cases where there are no physical barriers to normal fruit growth, such as obstruction by plant parts or the soil surface. The curvature of pendant, unobstructed fruit, as in the Solanaceae, has received limited discussion in the literature.

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The Journal of Agricultural Science , Volume 102 , Issue 2 , April 1984 , pp. 509 - 510
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1984

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