(if this beginning seems out of place, it's because it was pulled from another thread to help keep the original thread on topic)
In Central America, farmers come across Mango trees that won't produce. Before they cut them down, they'll beat the hell out of the trunk with a baseball bat while yelling at it, warning the tree what's coming if it doesn't shape up. They'll keep this up for years before cutting the tree down, no shit, pretty funny to watch. I guess I'm wondering how extensive the testing is on these true female phenotypes, infinity seems to be the tests we could run. Until they are complete, I think we should refer to them as "strongly female" - as we do with many other plants. Further, how often is this true female completely homozygous for that which is believed by many to be a very complex trait in the end? Is there any reason at all to expect it to breed true for this trait any more often than say for example yield? -T
In Central America, farmers come across Mango trees that won't produce. Before they cut them down, they'll beat the hell out of the trunk with a baseball bat while yelling at it, warning the tree what's coming if it doesn't shape up. They'll keep this up for years before cutting the tree down, no shit, pretty funny to watch. I guess I'm wondering how extensive the testing is on these true female phenotypes, infinity seems to be the tests we could run. Until they are complete, I think we should refer to them as "strongly female" - as we do with many other plants. Further, how often is this true female completely homozygous for that which is believed by many to be a very complex trait in the end? Is there any reason at all to expect it to breed true for this trait any more often than say for example yield? -T