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IT has been reported that field beans show about 30 per cent of cross-fertilization in eastern England1, and rather more in eastern France and Germany2. In the course of some pollination experiments at the Plant Breeding Institute, evidence has been obtained of a natural regulating mechanism which stabilizes this breeding structure.
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DRAYNER, J. Regulation of Outbreeding in Field Beans (Vicia faba). Nature 177, 489–490 (1956). https://doi.org/10.1038/177489b0
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