Calendrier des sporogénèses et gamétogénèses femelles chez le diploïde et le tétraploïde induit de Brachiaria ruziziensis (Graminée)
The processes leading to the formation of the gametes are described in two sexual forms of Brachiaria ruziziensis Germain et Evrard: the natural diploid and an induced autotetraploid. This description comes within the framework of an interspecific hybridization program in the genus Brachiaria aiming at the transfer of the genes responsible for apomixis from polyploid apomictic to diploid sexual species. A "reproductive calendar" is established where microsporogenesis and microgametogenesis are used as reference scales for the concomitant events of megasporogenesis and megagametogenesis of the two forms. This calendar will be compared with similar ones which have to be established for B. decumbens Stapf. and B. brizantha (Hochst) Stapf., natural tetraploid apomicts. Differences were noticed between the original diploid and the induced tetraploid form.