Claim · #6496121
Beta vulgaris · pollination · Beta vulgaris
pollination · effect: context_dependent
interactsWith GloBI relation
Verbatim source quote
“Beet and Swiss chard will cross-pollinate so isolate these”
- Source
- Saving Seeds of the Beet Family (Beet, Spinach and Swiss chard)
- Authors
- Kalb T., Sukprakarn S., Juntakool S., Huang R.
- Year
- 2006
- Publication
- AVRDC Publication No. 06-655
AI critic verdicts
- agroecologist · plausible
“Beet and Swiss chard are conspecific (Beta vulgaris) and wind-pollinated; cross-pollination requiring isolation is well-established.”
- horticulturist · plausible
“Same-species cross-pollination between beet and chard via wind is standard seed-saving knowledge; isolation distance reasonable.”
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