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The extent to which a crop species will set seed is an important concern with which the plant breeder must deal. Either failure to be self-fertile or failure to be cross-fertile, depending upon the breeding system of the particular species involved, may curtail procedures for obtaining gene recombinations and limit seed production. Normally, self-pollinated species, such as wheat, oats, barley, rice, and soybeans, and some cross-pollinated species, such as corn, set seed freely after self-pollination, or after cross-pollination between genotypes within the species. Many cross-pollinated species, such as the clovers, alfalfa, sweetclover, rye, sugar beets, and many perennial grasses, have reduced seed set, or fail to set seed, after self-pollination, although they may set seed freely after cross-pollination with other strains within the species. In addition to the problem of obtaining seeds after self- and cross-pollinations within the species, the plant breeder is concerned about the extent to which seeds will be set when crosses are made with plants in closely related species, or closely related genera. Fertility in interspecific crosses is important because it will determine how extensively desirable genes from closely related species may be utilized in a recombination-breeding program.
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Poehlman, J.M. (1987). Fertility-Regulating Mechanisms and Their Manipulation. In: Breeding Field Crops. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-015-7271-2_7
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