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Polyembryony in non-apomictic citrus genotypes.
Annals of botany - 1 Oct 2010
Aleza Pablo, Juárez José, Ollitrault Patrick, Navarro Luis
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND AND AIMS: Adventitious embryony from nucellar cells is the mechanism leading to apomixis in Citrus sp. However, singular cases of polyembryony have been reported in non-apomictic genotypes as a consequence of 2x × 4x hybridizations and in vitro culture of isolated nucelli. The origin of the plants arising from the aforementioned processes remains unclear. METHODS: The genetic structure (ploidy and...
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