Main conclusion This article provides an up-to-date review concerning from basic issues of
polyploidy to aspects regarding the relevance and role of both natural and artificial …

Polyploidy or duplication of an entire genome occurs in the majority of angiosperms. The
understanding of polyploid genomes is important for the improvement of those crops, which …

Polyploidisation is an important process in the evolution of many plant species. An
additional set of chromosomes can be derived from intraspecific genome duplication …

Whole genome duplication leads to autopolyploidy and brings about an increase in cell size,
concentration of secondary metabolites and enhanced cytosine methylation. The increased …

The last decade highlighted polyploidy as a rampant evolutionary process that triggers
drastic genome reorganization, but much remains to be understood about their causes and …

Triploid plants have larger organs, greater biomass, and strong stress resistance by
preserving relatively larger amounts of photosynthetic energy. The undesirable spread of …

The secondary metabolism of plants delivers a wide range of chemical structures with
application for a vast array of activities, thus offering opportunities for social and economic …

To induce variation through chromosome doubling in Gerbera jamesonii Bolus cv. Sciella,
two-week-old in vitro grown shoots were treated with various concentrations of colchicine …

Abstract Background and Aims Some otherwise promising selections of Actinidia chinensis
(kiwifruit) have fruit that are too small for successful commercialization. We have therefore …

In this study, the effects of ploidy level and culture medium were studied on the production of
tropane alkaloids. We have successfully produced stable tetraploid hairy root lines of …