SELF-COMPATIBILITY OF CARAGANA ARBORESCENS LAM.
Self-compatibility (% of 'tripped' flowers setting pods) for 218 selections of Caragana arborescens varied continuously from 0.0 to 99.5%. The frequency distribution of the compatibility data in terms of percentage was positively skewed by an excess of low self-compatibility plants and had a mean of 36.9%. However, angular transformation of the data resulted in a distribution which approached normality. Pollen abortion, which ranged from 0 to 24%, had little if any influence upon self-compatibility. Selection for high plant vigor was accompanied by a minor reduction in compatibility. Self-incompatibility of three trees could be explained by the action of several compatibility [Formula: see text] factors.