Apomixis (asexual seed formation) is the result of a plant gaining the ability to bypass the
most fundamental aspects of sexual reproduction: meiosis and fertilization. Without the need …

Citrus is one of the most widespread fruit crops globally, with great economic and health
value. It is among the most difficult plants to improve through traditional breeding …

Apomixis is a common feature of perennial plants, which occurs in ca. 60% of the British
flora, but has been largely ignored by reproductive theoreticians. Successful individuals may …

Apomixis, the asexual production of seed, is a trait estimated to occur in fewer than 1% of
flowering plant species, with an uneven distribution among lineages. In the past decade …

Among Citrus species, the sweet orange (Citrus sinensis (L.) Osbeck) is the most important
in terms of production volumes and cultivated areas. Oranges are particularly appreciated …

The origin of plant chemical ecology generally dates to the late 1950s, when evolutionary
entomologists recognized the essential role of plant secondary metabolites in plant–insect …

The segregation of 141 polymorphic expressed sequence tag-simple sequence repeat (EST-
SSR) markers in an F1 intergeneric citrus population was studied to build the first extensive …

Asexual reproduction through seeds, or apomixis, is widespread in angiosperms, although
does not happen frequently. It occurs in no major crop plant, but its deployment in major …

Citrus is one of the most cultivated fruits in the world, and satsuma mandarin (Citrus unshiu
Marc.) is a major cultivated citrus in Japan. Many excellent cultivars derived from satsuma …

Apomixis, or asexual reproduction through seeds, is a natural trait that could have an
immense positive impact on crop production. Apomictic breeding strategies could allow the …