Skip to main content
. 2009 Dec;10(12):870–876. doi: 10.1631/jzus.B0920204

Fig.2.

Fig.2

Schematic representation of a soybean pistil showing the four style cutting sites

First degree cutting corresponds to the stigma removal only; second degree corresponds to the cutting of half of the style exposed above the hidden ovary; third degree style cutting is complete removal of the whole style, but no ovary wounding; fourth degree cutting wounds a part of the ovary