Referring to a plant in which pollen from a plant can fertilize eggs of the same plant; i.e., a plant that can be self-fertilized. Compare with self-incompatible.
What does self compatibility mean?
: capable of effective self-pollination that results in the production of seeds and fruits.
What are the types of self-incompatibility?
There are two quite different types of self-incompatibility.
- Sporophytic self-incompatibility (SSI)
- Gametophytic self-incompatibility (GSI)
