Can plants change sex?

From: Nigel Hurneyman (nhurneym@uk.oracle.com)
Date: Fri Mar 31 2000 - 09:31:38 PST

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Date: Fri, 31 Mar 2000 18:31:38 +0100
From: Nigel Hurneyman <nhurneym@uk.oracle.com>
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Subject: Can plants change sex?

Reading tabloid stories of fish changing sex and human male sperm count
reduction and gynaecomasty because of oestrogens in the water, does the
same apply to plants? Is it possible to mutate a plant to the opposite
sex by the application of appropriate hormones?

NigelH

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