Vegetatively propagated crops, those crops whose planting materials include among others stem cuttings, vines, suckers, or tubers, rather than biological seeds arising from sexual reproduction, are ...
Mutation discovery technologies have enabled the development of reverse genetics for many plant species and allowed sophisticated evaluation of the consequences of mutagenesis. Such methods are ...
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