True seed production in garlic |
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| Authors: | M. R. Pooler P. W. Simon |
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| Affiliation: | (1) Vegetable Crops Research Unit, Agricultural Research Service, US Department of Agriculture, Department of Horticulture, University of Wisconsin, 53706 Madison, WI, USA;(2) Present address: US Department of Agriculture, Appalachian Fruit Research Station, Agricultural Research Service, 25430 Kearneysville, WV, USA |
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| Abstract: | Despite a long history of obligate vegetative propagation, selected garlic clones can produce sexual seeds. By removing vegetative topsets from the inflorescence and cutting inflorescences from the underground bulb, 63 germinable seeds were produced from 11 garlic clones in Wisconsin. Protein analysis of the seedlings confirms their snygamic origin. The generation of new recombinants through sexual reproduction could have a major impact on garlic production worldwide. |
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| Keywords: | Allium sativum L Sexual reproduction Seed |
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