"monique" <monique at mail.bio.tamu.edu> wrote in message
news:dqm7k1$hhh$1 at news.tamu.edu...
> This is interesting. Has anyone determined whether this leaf and/or ear
> arrangement results in increased productivity?
Well, I do get the impression they have more leaves than normal.
[Perhaps twice as many?] Yours is an interesting question, but so
far as I know this phenomenon hasn't been reported or studied
before...
cheers