Androsterile
Definition
Pertaining to plants, flowers, or vegetable varieties exhibiting male sterility, structurally characterized by the inability to produce viable pollen, functional anthers, or fertile male reproductive organs, while the female organs (gynoecium) remain fully normal and capable of fertilization.
Bilingual Equivalents
- Androsterile
- Male-sterile
Grammatical & Source Details
| Inflection Type | Variable adjective with standard masculine, feminine, and structural plural variations. |
| Formation | Scholarly compound formed from the combining prefixoid 'andro-' (male) and the adjective 'sterile', following international scientific profiles. |
| Spelling / Pronunciation | [an.dɾo.ste.ˈril] |
| Source | International Review of Botanical Structures and Plant Breeding Methodology |
Contextual Usage Examples
RO: Ameliatorul a izolat o linie androsterilă de floarea-soarelui pentru a efectua polenizarea încrucișată controlată.
EN: The plant breeder isolated a male-sterile line of sunflower to perform controlled cross-pollination.
RO: Acest exemplar androsteril structural nu eliberează granule de polen, prevenind astfel autofecundarea nedorită.
EN: This structurally androsterile specimen does not release pollen grains, thus preventing unwanted self-fertilization.
RO: Mutația citoplasmatică a generat un fenotip androsteril stabilizat la hibrizii de porumb din a doua generație.
EN: The cytoplasmic mutation generated a stabilized androsterile phenotype in the second-generation maize hybrids.
Idioms & Phrases
Linie androsterilă / Androsterile line
RO: Grup de plante selecționate genetic ce nu pot produce polen, utilizate ca tată-mamă structural în producerea semințelor hibride.
EN: A group of genetically selected plants unable to produce pollen, used structurally as a female parent in hybrid seed production.
Mutație androsterilă / Androsterile mutation
RO: Defect genetic la nivel nuclear sau mitocondrial care blochează structural dezvoltarea normală a staminelor.
EN: A genetic defect at the nuclear or mitochondrial level that structurally blocks the normal development of stamens.
Fenotip androsteril / Androsterile phenotype
RO: Ansamblul caracteristicilor morfologice externe care atestă absența anterelor funcționale la o floare.
EN: The ensemble of external morphological traits attesting the absence of functional anthers in a flower.
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