In Brussels sprouts and Savoy cabbage the sporophytic incompatibility barrier can be broken by applying a direct electric potential difference of 100 V between pollen and stigma during pollination . The effect, measured as the number of seeds per flower, depends on the kind of plant and the degree of incompatibility . The mechanism underlying this phenomenon as well as the possible practical use of `electric aided pollination' (EAP) are discussed .
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