Indehiscence Expression and Capsule Anatomy in Vernola
F. Verdolinia,
A. Anconetania,
D. Lauretib and
M. J. Pascual-Villalobosc,*
a Instituto Murciano de Investigación y Desarrollo Agrario y Alimentario, Estación Sericícola, 30150 La Alberca, Murcia, Spain and Istituto Sperimentale per le Colture Industriali, 60027 Osimo (AN), Italy
b Istituto Sperimentale per le Colture Industriali, 60027 Osimo (AN), Italy
c Instituto Murciano de Investigación y Desarrollo Agrario y Alimentario, Estación Sericícola, 30150 La Alberca, Murcia, Spain

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Fig. 1. Diagram of irrigation schedule in the field experiments in Murcia, Spain (s = sowing, f = flowering, p = pod formation, and m = maturity).
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Fig. 2. Histograms for indehiscence expression in Osimo, Italy.
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Fig. 3. Transversal cuts of (A) green and (B) ripe carpel walls from Vernola capsules.
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Fig. 4. Comparison of transversal carpel cuts between (A) dehiscent and (B) indehiscent genotypes.
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Fig. 5. Longitudinal cut of carpel walls from Vernola capsules.
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Fig. 6. Comparison of carpel cuts between (A) dehiscent and (B) indehiscent genotypes.
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Fig. 7. Capsules of the indehiscent Vernola variety can partly dehisce.
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