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Anther and pistil lengths of 61 cultivars and experimental strains of common wheat were measuredjust before flowering. Anther length varied from 3.0 to 5.1 mm, and pistil length varied from 3.8 to 5.2 mm. A specific correlation was observed between anther length and flowering date among the parental strains, as well as in the F(,1) generations of 13 cross combinations; Anther length on flowering date fitted well to a curve linear regression of the second order in parental and F(,1) generations. The reduction of anther length in both early and late flowering cultivars was attributed to the worse environmental conditions for their floral development, compared to the intermediate types. Such relationship between anther length and flowering date was not found in the F(,2) generation. This indicates that most of the genes controlling the two characters are different. Heritability of anther length estimated from the regression coefficient of the F(,1)s on the mid-parents was greater than 0.65

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