Term:
Sterile hybrid
Sterile hybrid
Definition:
A hybrid that does not produce viable seeds.
A hybrid that does not produce viable seeds.
Glossary Details:
Title: Fruit of a banana. Photo by S. A. Mori.
Description: Fruit of a banana purchased from a grocery store. Edible bananas are a sterile hybrid resulting from crosses between fertile banana speces from southeast Asia. A. Entire fruit. B. Cross section, and C. fruit articially split open to show the three locular nature of the fruit. Bananas are berry-like, differing from true berries by their leathery skin. Note the black spots in \"C\" represent aborted ovules.