Self-fertility
Definition
The intrinsic capacity of a plant, variety, or hermaphroditic organism to produce viable fruits, seeds, or offspring through self-pollination or self-fertilization, without external genetic input. In agricultural sciences, it represents a genetic trait of great economic importance, ensuring constant crop productivity regardless of climatic conditions or the absence of pollination vectors.
Bilingual Equivalents
- Self-fertility
- Self-compatibility
Grammatical & Source Details
| Inflection Type | Feminine noun with standard plural and case ending declension structures. |
| Formation | Neologistic compound created by combining the prefix 'auto-' (self) with the noun of action 'fertilitate' (fertility). |
| Spelling / Pronunciation | [a.u.to.fer.ti.li.ˈta.te] |
| Source | Encyclopedia of Agricultural Botany and Crop Science |
Contextual Usage Examples
RO: Cercetătorii studiază această autofertilitate ridicată pentru a dezvolta noi hibrizi rezistenți la schimbările climatice.
EN: Researchers are studying this high self-fertility to develop new hybrids resistant to climate change.
RO: Rata de autofertilitate a livezii a scăzut din cauza temperaturilor extrem de scăzute din timpul primăverii.
EN: The self-fertility rate of the orchard decreased due to extremely low temperatures during the spring.
RO: Un avantaj major al acestui soi de grâu este o autofertilitate stabilă în condiții de izolare totală.
EN: A major advantage of this wheat variety is a stable self-fertility under conditions of total isolation.
Idioms & Phrases
Rată de autofertilitate / Self-fertility rate / selfing success rate
RO: Proporția floriilor auto-polenizate care reușesc să dezvolte fructe sau semințe mature dintr-un total monitorizat.
EN: The proportion of self-pollinated flowers that successfully develop mature fruits or seeds out of a monitored total.
Autofertilitate genetică / Genetic self-fertility
RO: Proprietate ereditară determinată de absența alelelor de autosterilitate în genomul unei specii vegetale.
EN: An inherited property determined by the absence of self-sterility alleles in the genome of a plant species.
Autofertilitate parțială / Partial self-fertility
RO: Capacitatea limitată a unui organism de a produce descendenți singur, necesitând totuși polen extern pentru o recoltă maximă.
EN: The limited capacity of an organism to produce offspring on its own, still requiring external pollen for maximum yield.
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