Induction of Parthenogenesis by Irradiated Pollen in Cucurbita Species.

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Due to their many superior agronomic traits (high yield and fruit quality, resistance/tolerance to biotic and abiotic stress factors, etc.), hybrid vegetable cultivars are widely used in vegetable production all over the world. The first stage of hybrid vegetable breeding is to obtain homozygous pure parental lines. Unfortunately, producing pure lines takes a long time by classical breeding methods, especially in...

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