This is a preview. Log in through your library . Abstract In Rubus L. a connection seems to exist between the degree of meiotic disturbances on the one hand, and the production of unreduced embryo ...

Apomixis is not necessary. Neither agamospermy, nor its common companion polyploidy, confer selective advantages on populations that are not equally well provided for in the diploid sexual breeding ...

A scientist has moved a step closer to turning sexually-reproducing plants into asexual reproducers, a finding that could have profound implications for agriculture. Farmers throughout the world spend ...

Apomixis is asexual reproduction without fertilization - developing or producing without sexual union. Apomixis is asexual reproduction without fertilization developing or producing without sexual ...

A rice field in Bengal, India. Rice is a staple crop for billions of people, but it has proved difficult to bring high-yield hybrid rice strainers to farmers. UC Davis scientists have developed a ...

This release is available in Spanish. Farmers throughout the world spend an estimated $36 billion a year to buy seeds for crops, especially those with sought after traits such as hardiness and ...

An international team has succeeded in propagating a commercial hybrid rice strain as a clone through seeds with 95 percent efficiency. This could lower the cost of hybrid rice seed, making ...