Fig 5. Morphology of the synthetic allotetraploids at the S1 generation: allo21×114 (right) and allo3-1×5 (left).

(A) Vegetatively multiplied plants; (B) Plants at the tillering stage; (C) Flowering stage; (D) Tillers; (E) Spike structure; (F) Dissected florets, with visible lemmas, paleas, stamens and pistils; (G) floret close up. Note that differences in floret color are due to differences in lighting, not differences in actual floret color.