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Reproductive biology and development

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The Groundnut Crop

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The possibility that any plant — never mind a major commercial crop —might possess a reproductive strategy whereby fertilized ovaries bury themselves in the soil before seed development can properly commence is, to say the least, unusual. It is understandable, therefore, that the reproductive botany of the groundnut (peanut) remained a source of surprise and confusion well into the middle of this century and that it was not until then that a truly definitive description of this process was published (Smith, 1950). Forty years later, this geocarpic habit still raises a series of intriguing and fundamental questions for seed scientists.

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Coolbear, P. (1994). Reproductive biology and development. In: Smartt, J. (eds) The Groundnut Crop. World Crop Series. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-011-0733-4_5

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