Chapter 179 of 2363 min read
Post-fertilisation: embryo, seed, fruit; apomixis
Why this is asked: Apomixis produces a seed without any fertilisation at all, often by a nucellar cell developing directly into an embryo — and it matters commercially because it would let a hybrid variety breed true, passing on its hybrid vigour indefinitely instead of segregating out in the very next generation.
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