Vielle-Calzada's quest to develop an asexual seed began a decade ago, when he decided to investigate apomixis, a specific type of asexual reproduction. Many species of plants use apomixis to ...

Called apomixis, this process seems to have evolved many times in plants — but not in commercial crop species ... the loss of beneficial traits that can occur through sexual reproduction.” Other ...

Apomixis would mean crops with desirable qualities could be produced more easily and cheaply. "Gaining a better understanding of the molecular basis of plant reproduction and the regulations of ...

But a few plant species, including apple and ... before such crops become capable of fully asexual reproduction, technically known as apomixis. The possibility, however, is tantalizing.

generating clonal plants. From an agricultural perspective, asexual reproduction, such as apomixis, parthenocarpy or vegetative propagation, can be very valuable to maintain traits of interest ...

Apomixis is a form of asexual reproduction that allows hybrid rice ... Results of this study are published in Plant Communications. The cultivation and widespread use of hybrid rice have played ...

Some plant species naturally reproduce by cloning their seeds, which is referred to as apomixis. The theory that apomixis might preserve the properties of hybrid plants, however, had never been ...

Exploiting quirks in plant reproduction could boost yields in ... one of the quirkiest aspects of plant reproductive biology: 'apomixis' – a naturally occurring asexual seed formation pathway ...

Venkatesan Sundaresan, a plant reproduction biologist at UC Davis, has been awarded a 2024 Wolf Prize in Agriculture for his groundbreaking work on plant reproduction, which led to a method for ...

Vielle-Calzada's quest to develop an asexual seed began a decade ago, when he decided to investigate apomixis, a specific type of asexual reproduction. Many species of plants use apomixis to ...