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Texas, USA 2010 - International Herbage Seed Group

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100<strong>Seed</strong> yield plant -1 (g)8060402000 200 400 600 800 1000Number of inflorescences at harvestFigure 2 The seed yield per plant against the number of inflorescences at harvestNumber of inflorescences at harvest1000800600400200016 17 18 19Floret length (mm)Figure 3 The number of inflorescences plant -1 at harvest against the average length of 15 newly openedflorets on 20 January 2009 for a subsample of 29 plants.DiscussionA large difference in genetic potential for seed yield was identified (Figure 1 and Figure 2). Bothseed yield and total inflorescence number varied in a breeding line nearing cultivar release status.122

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