As defoliation was conducted aftertasselinitiation, tasselling and silking were not delayed by defoliation.
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Conversely, significant negative correlations were found betweentasseldry weight and grain yield.
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Most notably, teosinte possesses long lateral branches that are tipped by tassels (staminate inflorescences), while maize has short lateral branches tipped by ears (pistillate inflorescences).
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The dates when thetasselwas first visible, of pollen shed and of silk emergence were also recorded for each plant.
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Inbreeding in two maize subpopulations selected fortasselsize.
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Only a very few eggs were found before the first tassels appeared.
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In all trials, tassels were cut on ten plants per plot at anthesis.
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Hybrids were grown under managed drought conditions and thetasselfrom five plants of each plot was removed before male flowering.
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The top groups of hybrids had significantly higher numbers of ears per plant and grain per ear, better ear aspect and lowertasseldry weight.
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In the case of maize, eggs first appeared thereon, in any numbers, on the extrusion of tassels.
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The upper band has step frets, followed by one with tassels, then another with variable designs.
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He used to wear wide white trousers and a gallabieh, and on his head a nicely embroidered cap with a largetasselwhich our sisters had made for him.
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The vertical bar chart in black representstasselextrusion expressed, for each date of record, as the percentage of the plants, which had, up to that date, produced visible tassels.
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This is because they remain aligned with the direction of balance as the latter rotates, just as tassels hung from a car's rearview mirror also "lean" during turns.
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These little chimes had a silktasselattached to them, the weight of which was stated to be 8 lbs.
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