For example a plant whit barren, not
functional sexual parts, as, a
sterile flower (sterile
specimen= one without flowers).
Absolute sterility: complete and irremediable inability to
produce offspring.
Female sterility: inability of the
female part of a plant (gynoecium)
to accept pollen as a result of a
structural or functional defect in the
reproductive organs.
(also called "pod-sterile" plants)
Male sterility: inability of the
male part of a plant to
fertilize the
ovule of another plant as a result
of failure to produce living pollen.
(also called "pollen-sterile" plants)
