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Anna Koltunow of the University of Queensland is developing apomictic varieties of sorghum and cowpea, important crops for farmers in sub-Saharan Africa.

From Science Magazine • May 17, 2023

For an apomictic hybrid variety to appeal to farmers, 100% of the seeds must be clonal because they won’t want the less vigorous seeds that are produced through normal sexual reproduction.

From Science Magazine • May 17, 2023

Gehring’s team recently received funding to try to engineer plants that develop endosperm without being fertilized, a feat that some naturally apomictic plants are capable of.

From Science Magazine • May 17, 2023

There’s a palpable “sense of excitement” in the field, says Mary Gehring, a molecular biologist at the Whitehead Institute and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology who studies development in apomictic plants.

From Science Magazine • May 17, 2023

Today, apomictic reproduction has been confirmed in more than 400 plant species but no staple crops.

From Science Magazine • May 17, 2023