Asexual propagation of crop plants gets closer Date: February 15, 2024 Source: University of Zurich Summary: When the female gametes in plants become fertilized, a signal from the sperm activates ...

Asexual plant reproduction may seed new approach for agriculture Date: March 9, 2010 Source: Howard Hughes Medical Institute Summary: A scientist has moved a step closer to turning sexually ...

Asexual reproduction in plants. Sunday, October 07, 2012 10:05 am. By Diana Duff. Special to West Hawaii Today. Share this story. Reproduction in the animal kingdom has historically been sexual.

This Scientific Reports Collection considers original research on asexual reproduction strategies in plants, from studies on their genetic regulation and evolution throughout plant lineages, to ...

Asexual propagation of crop plants gets closer. University of Zurich. Journal Science DOI 10.1126/science.adj4996. Keywords /Life sciences/Plant sciences/Plant physiology/ Plant reproduction ...

If we could find a way to propagate crop plants by asexual reproduction through seeds – known as apomixis – it would revolutionize agriculture. If it were possible to bypass the reductional division ...

Their findings, published in Science, open new avenues for the asexual propagation of crop plants. Seeds are the end product of plant reproduction. Whether directly as food, ...

Seeds are the end product of plant reproduction. Whether directly as food, or indirectly as animal feed, they provide around 80 percent of human calorie consumption. In the millennia since humans ...

In addition to papers on Asexual reproduction in plants, Scientific Reports welcomes all original research in the field of Plant sciences. To browse our latest articles in Plant sciences click here .