Sundar in lab handling plants

New from IGI's Venkatesan Sundaresan, a review of synthetic #apomixis: https://ow.ly/KzeN50Y428V

A new bioRxiv preprint reports that a team from the Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences has synthesised fully penetrant apomictic hybrid rice — a potential game changer for breeding.
doi.org/10.1101/2025...
#Apomixis #HybridRice #PlantBreeding #Agriculture

Disruption of ClOSD1 leads to both somatic and gametic ploidy doubling in watermelon Dear Editor,

A research team reports new insights into chromosome regulation in watermelon. Their study, published online in Horticulture Research, reveals that disruption of the ClOSD1gene induces both somatic and gametic ploidy doubling.
#Apomixis #Watermelon
Details: doi.org/10.1093/hr/u...

images of the apomixis congres in Montpellier

Just returned from the Apomixis Congress in Montpellier. #Apomixis, clonal seeds, allows one-step fixation of genetically complex traits, including heterosis. So exciting to see the progress. The next apomixis meeting will be in two years in Perugia. Curious to see where the science will be by then.

Panel of figures to illustrate data collected using phylogenomic, flow cytometric, cytological, and morphological analyses to investigate Elatostema longpingii, hypothesized to be a heteroploid hybrid between E. scabrum and E. hirticaule. Results confirmed its hybrid origin, with E. longpingii inheriting apomixis from its maternal parent, E. scabrum. This provides a case how hybridization and apomixis contribute to diversification in Elatostema.

Fu et al. use insights from #phylogenomics, flow #cytometry, #cytology, and #morphology to argue that hybridization and #apomixis contribute to diversification in Elatostema.
doi.org/10.1111/jse....
#PlantScience #evolution #systematics

Apomictic distractions as I try catch up on overdue writing assignments and projects. #writing #scriobh #plants #dandelions #apomixis #botany #flowers

[Video by Neil Bromhall]

A close up of a Goldilocks Buttercup flower.

As Goldilocks Buttercup, Ranunculus auricomus, is apomictic it doesn't need showy flowers to attract pollinators, this one already showing acene formation. From an ancient wood near #Cambridge. #Apomixis #Botany

We are happy to announce the V International Conference on Apomixis 2025, from 16-19 September in Montpellier, France💮🌱 #PlantReproduction #Apomixis
More information? 👇
www.alphavisa.com/apomixis/2025/

🌾 Just came across an amazing breakthrough in plant science! This novel study demonstrates high-frequency apomixis (>95% clonal seed production) with normal fertility in hybrid rice. 🚀 A huge step toward revolutionizing agriculture! 🌱
Check it out: www.cell.com/iscience/ful...
#Apomixis #ClonalSeeds

Diagrams comparing the impact of AtRKD5 on the induction of parthenogenesis in WT and atrkd5 mutants.

How does BBM-mediated #parthenogenesis work? Understanding this process will help #PlantScience improve haploid #breeding efficiency. A new study by Liu et al. gets us one step closer. doi.org/10.1111/jipb...
#embryogenesis #apomixis #SexualReproduction