Harnessing apomictic reproduction in grasses: what we have learned from Paspalum

JPA Ortiz, CL Quarin, SC Pessino, C Acuna… - Annals of …, 2013 - academic.oup.com
Background Apomixis is an alternative route of plant reproduction that produces individuals
genetically identical to the mother plant through seeds. Apomixis is desirable in agriculture …

Apomixis in systematics, evolution and phylogenetics of angiosperms: current developments and prospects

E Hörandl, D Hojsgaard, A Caperta… - Critical Reviews in …, 2024 - Taylor & Francis
Apomixis, the reproduction via asexually formed seed, is taxonomically scattered in
angiosperms. Here we review the major developmental pathways to apomixis and the …

Phylogeny of the Paniceae (Poaceae: Panicoideae): integrating plastid DNA sequences and morphology into a new classification

O Morrone, L Aagesen, MA Scataglini, DL Salariato… - …, 2012 - Wiley Online Library
Included in the PACMAD clade of the family Poaceae (Panicoideae, Arundinoideae,
Chloridoideae, Micrairoideae, Aristidoideae, Danthonioideae), the tribe Paniceae sl is one …

Conocimiento taxonómico de la familia Poaceae en México

P Dávila, MT Mejia-Saulés, AM Soriano-Martínez… - Botanical …, 2018 - scielo.org.mx
Antecedentes: La clasificación de la familia Poaceae ha cambiado a lo largo de los años,
por la evolución de distintas áreas del conocimiento de la sistemática, tanto en sus aspectos …

Reproductive Systems in Paspalum: Relevance for Germplasm Collection and Conservation, Breeding Techniques, and Adoption of Released Cultivars

CA Acuña, EJ Martínez, AL Zilli, EA Brugnoli… - Frontiers in Plant …, 2019 - frontiersin.org
The objective of this review is to analyze and describe the impact that mode of reproduction
in Paspalum has on germplasm conservation, genetic improvement, and commercialization …

Cloning plants by seeds: inheritance models and candidate genes to increase fundamental knowledge for engineering apomixis in sexual crops

F Pupilli, G Barcaccia - Journal of biotechnology, 2012 - Elsevier
Apomixis is desirable in agriculture as a reproductive strategy for cloning plants by seeds.
Because embryos derive from the parthenogenic development of apomeiotic egg cells …

How apomictic taxa are treated in current taxonomy: a review

Ľ Majeský, F Krahulec, RJ Vašut - Taxon, 2017 - Wiley Online Library
Gametophytic apomixis (asexual seed formation without syngamy of female and male
gametes) is a highly interesting mechanism for researchers in plant biotechnology, genetics …

Genetic variation in polyploid forage grass: Assessing the molecular genetic variability in the Paspalumgenus

FW Cidade, BBZ Vigna, FHD De Souza, JFM Valls… - BMC genetics, 2013 - Springer
Abstract Background Paspalum (Poaceae) is an important genus of the tribe Paniceae,
which includes several species of economic importance for foraging, turf and ornamental …

Relative DNA content in diploid, polyploid, and multiploid species of Paspalum (Poaceae) with relation to reproductive mode and taxonomy

F Galdeano, MH Urbani, ME Sartor, AI Honfi… - Journal of Plant …, 2016 - Springer
It is generally accepted that polyploids have downsized basic genomes rather than additive
values with respect to their related diploids. Changes in genome size have been reported in …

Comparative analysis of molecular and morphological diversity in two diploid Paspalum species (Poaceae) with contrasting mating systems

AV Reutemann, AI Honfi, P Karunarathne, F Eckers… - Plant Reproduction, 2024 - Springer
Abstract Key Message Interspecific comparison of two Paspalum species has demonstrated
that mating systems (selfing and outcrossing) contribute to variation (genetically and …