caprification

cap·ri·fi·ca·tion

C0090800 (kăp′rə-fĭ-kā′shən)n. A method of assuring pollination of various edible figs in which groups of pollen-bearing caprifigs are hung from trees of edible figs of the same species, allowing the fig wasp Blastophaga psenes to carry pollen from the caprifigs to the female flowers of the edible varieties.

[Latin caprifīcātio, caprifīcātiōn-, from caprifīcātus, past participle of caprifīcāre, to ripen figs by caprification, from caprifīcus, caprifig; see caprifig.]

caprification

(ˌkæprɪfɪˈkeɪʃən) n (Horticulture) a method of pollinating the edible fig by hanging branches of caprifig flowers in edible fig trees. Parasitic wasps in the caprifig flowers transfer pollen to the edible fig flowers[C17: from Latin caprifīcātiō, from caprifīcāre to pollinate figs by this method, from caprifīcus caprifig]

caprification

the pollination process of figs, in which fig wasps, attracted by the caprifigs, or inedible fig-fruit, pollinate the figs. — caprificator, n.See also: Botany

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Caprification

pollination of the flowers of the fig tree with the participation of small (up to 2.5 mm) fig wasps, the succession of whose generations in the course of a year is connected with the development of different forms of inflorescences.

Some fig plants have inflorescences, caprifigs, with male (staminate) flowers and female short-styled flowers; others, figs, have female long-styled flowers and under-developed male flowers. In the spring the fig wasp enters the ovarie of female short-styled flowers to deposit its eggs. The larvae that hatch from the eggs feed on the contents of the ovules and develop into adult insects who mate here. When the fertilized female flies out of the inflorescence, she becomes covered with pollen from the staminate flowers. Then, in searching for short-styled flowers into which to deposit her eggs (she cannot deposit eggs in long-styled flowers, because she has a short ovipositor), the female wasp crawls into inflorescences with female long-stemmed flowers and pollinates them. Normal achenes develop from the pollinated flowers, and the fleshy floral receptacle grows to form the fig.

In early spring in the subtropics, the fig develops inflores-cences, profichi (chiefly caprifigs), in which wasps emerging fromoverwintering inflorescences deposit their eggs. The summer in-florescences, mammoni (chiefly figs), develop in August; theflowers in these inflorescences are pollinated and fruits areformed. Autumn inflorescences, mamme, are sterile (caprifigs), and they appear at the end of September; the larvae of the figwasps hibernate in them.

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释义	caprification enUK cap·ri·fi·ca·tion C0090800 (kăp′rə-fĭ-kā′shən)n. A method of assuring pollination of various edible figs in which groups of pollen-bearing caprifigs are hung from trees of edible figs of the same species, allowing the fig wasp Blastophaga psenes to carry pollen from the caprifigs to the female flowers of the edible varieties. [Latin caprifīcātio, caprifīcātiōn-, from caprifīcātus, past participle of caprifīcāre, to ripen figs by caprification, from caprifīcus, caprifig; see caprifig.] caprification (ˌkæprɪfɪˈkeɪʃən) n (Horticulture) a method of pollinating the edible fig by hanging branches of caprifig flowers in edible fig trees. Parasitic wasps in the caprifig flowers transfer pollen to the edible fig flowers[C17: from Latin caprifīcātiō, from caprifīcāre to pollinate figs by this method, from caprifīcus caprifig] caprification the pollination process of figs, in which fig wasps, attracted by the caprifigs, or inedible fig-fruit, pollinate the figs. — caprificator, n.See also: Botany Translations caprification Caprification enUK Caprification pollination of the flowers of the fig tree with the participation of small (up to 2.5 mm) fig wasps, the succession of whose generations in the course of a year is connected with the development of different forms of inflorescences. Some fig plants have inflorescences, caprifigs, with male (staminate) flowers and female short-styled flowers; others, figs, have female long-styled flowers and under-developed male flowers. In the spring the fig wasp enters the ovarie of female short-styled flowers to deposit its eggs. The larvae that hatch from the eggs feed on the contents of the ovules and develop into adult insects who mate here. When the fertilized female flies out of the inflorescence, she becomes covered with pollen from the staminate flowers. Then, in searching for short-styled flowers into which to deposit her eggs (she cannot deposit eggs in long-styled flowers, because she has a short ovipositor), the female wasp crawls into inflorescences with female long-stemmed flowers and pollinates them. Normal achenes develop from the pollinated flowers, and the fleshy floral receptacle grows to form the fig. In early spring in the subtropics, the fig develops inflores-cences, profichi (chiefly caprifigs), in which wasps emerging fromoverwintering inflorescences deposit their eggs. The summer in-florescences, mammoni (chiefly figs), develop in August; theflowers in these inflorescences are pollinated and fruits areformed. Autumn inflorescences, mamme, are sterile (caprifigs), and they appear at the end of September; the larvae of the figwasps hibernate in them.
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