Figure 1

Characterization of the S. pimpinellifolium accession LA1589 inflorescence. (A) Series of consecutive floral buds 7 (right) to 19 (left) days since floral bud initiation. (B) Series of consecutive developing fruits on a given inflorescence. Note that two days after anthesis, the flower has senesced. (C) Timing of consecutive flower opening in LA1589 starting with the second oldest flower (2). The black bar indicates the percentage of flowers that opened at one-day time intervals at the position on the inflorescence listed on the X-axis. The white bar indicates the percentage of flowers that opened at two-day time intervals and the grey bar indicates the percentage of flowers that opened within the same day. Size bar represents 1 mm.