Cleistogamy
Cleistogamy or Automatic self-pollination describes the trait of certain plants to propagate by using non-opening,
self-pollinating flowers. Especially in
peanuts,
peas, and
beans, this behaviour is most widespread in legumes.For
genetically modified (GM) rapeseed, researchers hoping to minimise the admixture of GM and non-GM crops are attempting to use cleistogamy to prevent
gene flow. However, preliminary results from
Co-Extra, a current project within the EU research programme, show that although cleistogamy reduces gene flow, it is not at the moment a consistently reliable tool for
biocontainment: due to a certain instability of the cleistogamous trait, some flowers may open and release genetically modified pollen.
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cleistogamous
Adjective
1. exhibiting or relating to cleistogamy
(synonym) cleistogamic
(pertainym) cleistogamy
Cleistogamous
(a.)
Having, beside the usual flowers, other minute, closed flowers, without petals or with minute petals; -- said of certain species of plants which possess flowers of two or more kinds, the closed ones being so constituted as to insure self-fertilization.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), edited by Noah Porter.
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cleistogamous
Eng: cleistogamous
Urdu: بند زوجی۔ بند زواجی۔ خود ازدواجیت کا حامل۔