Defoliation and its Effects on Pod and Seed Development in Oil Seed Rape (Brassica napusL.)

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Abstract
Both in vivo and in vitro techniques have been used to follow the development of individual pods on the terminal inflorescence of undefoliated and defoliated plants of oil-seed rape (Brassica napus cv. Maris Haplona). For any pod, a rapid increase in pod length occurred between 2 d and 8 d after flower opening and this preceded by approximately 2 d the increase in pod width, the rate of which was less than that for length. An increase in the diameter of individual seeds coincided with the increase in pod width. Regional increases in the length and width of pods were associated with the presence of developing seeds in these regions.

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