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the problem of differential maturation times and quality of male (staminate) and female (pistillate) plants (males mature - weeks earlier). male plants, in general, are taller, albeit slimmer, less robust, and less productive. except for the troublesome characteristic of dying after anthesis, male traits
are favored for fiber production, in contrast to the situation for drug strains noted below. in former, labor-intensive times, the male plants were harvested earlier than the females, to produce superior fiber. the limited branching of fiber cultivars is often compensated for by possession of large...
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