DEVELOPMENT OF THE EMBRYO SAC AND EMBRYO OF TEFF, ERAGROSTIS TEF

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Abstract
A careful study of the floral development of Eragrostis tef indicates that the flowers do not open and that self-pollination is the rule. Observations of the development of the female gametophyte show that it is of the normal monosporic type common to most angiosperms. The three antipodals divide several times as is common in grasses. Study of many ovules before and after fertilization showed absence of any apomictic type of embryo formation. Fertilization was found to occur in the basal floret of a spikelet when that floret was at the base of the flag leaf blade.
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