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As defoliation was conducted after tassel initiation, tasselling and silking were not delayed by defoliation.
Conversely, significant negative correlations were found between tassel dry weight and grain yield.
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).
The dates when the tassel was first visible, of pollen shed and of silk emergence were also recorded for each plant.
Inbreeding in two maize subpopulations selected for tassel size.
Only a very few eggs were found before the first tassels appeared.
In all trials, tassels were cut on ten plants per plot at anthesis.
Hybrids were grown under managed drought conditions and the tassel from five plants of each plot was removed before male flowering.
