[CH] Hybrid Info
Byron (byronbromley@tellink.net)
Fri, 21 Oct 2005 10:14:46 -0400
>Isn't this just a case where the male and female gametes are sufficiently
compatible that a fruit forms (not much of a feat -- plenty of plants
produce sterile/seedless without ever being fertilized), but the male and
female gametes are not sufficiently compatible to fertilize hence no seed
>forms?
>>> Snip
There's other possibilties, too hot or too cold or too dry for proper germination
Some folks claim that excess nitrogen will affect germination.
Or many plants have a few deformed pods, Nature isn't perfect.
L.B.