Seedlessness is a valuable trait in #fruit #crops.
In this #juicy new study by Fan et al., we learn that #somatic variations in the #meiosis-specific #gene CrMER3 confer #seedlessness in a #citrus bud sport cultivar! Free to read! 🔓
doi.org/10.1111/jipb...
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In this #juicy new study by Fan et al., we learn that #somatic variations in the #meiosis-specific #gene CrMER3 confer #seedlessness in a #citrus bud sport cultivar! Free to read! 🔓
doi.org/10.1111/jipb...
#PlantScience #horticulture
June 13, 2025 at 12:25 PM
Seedlessness is a valuable trait in #fruit #crops.
In this #juicy new study by Fan et al., we learn that #somatic variations in the #meiosis-specific #gene CrMER3 confer #seedlessness in a #citrus bud sport cultivar! Free to read! 🔓
doi.org/10.1111/jipb...
#PlantScience #horticulture
In this #juicy new study by Fan et al., we learn that #somatic variations in the #meiosis-specific #gene CrMER3 confer #seedlessness in a #citrus bud sport cultivar! Free to read! 🔓
doi.org/10.1111/jipb...
#PlantScience #horticulture
🍊Uncovering natural mutations🍊responsible for #meiosis defects in #citrus 🍊 helps us better understand mechanisms controlling seedlessness 🍊and facilitates🍊breeding strategies.
Learn more right here!👇
doi.org/10.1111/jipb...
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Learn more right here!👇
doi.org/10.1111/jipb...
#PlantScience
March 21, 2025 at 2:58 PM
🍊Uncovering natural mutations🍊responsible for #meiosis defects in #citrus 🍊 helps us better understand mechanisms controlling seedlessness 🍊and facilitates🍊breeding strategies.
Learn more right here!👇
doi.org/10.1111/jipb...
#PlantScience
Learn more right here!👇
doi.org/10.1111/jipb...
#PlantScience
Dancy tangerines—the classic Florida tangerine—are in season! Intense, complex flavor, once a mainstay, almost impossible to find today. Mandarin cultivars bred for shelf life, seedlessness, and the elimination of flavor, hope, and joy now fill supermarkets instead.
www.latimes.com/food/la-fo-m...
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Market Watch: The wild and elusive Dancy
The flavorful mandarin variety can be hard to find, but it's a classic worth seeking out.
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February 13, 2025 at 2:10 AM
Dancy tangerines—the classic Florida tangerine—are in season! Intense, complex flavor, once a mainstay, almost impossible to find today. Mandarin cultivars bred for shelf life, seedlessness, and the elimination of flavor, hope, and joy now fill supermarkets instead.
www.latimes.com/food/la-fo-m...
www.latimes.com/food/la-fo-m...
Now with a News & Views: "Bitterness and seedlessness decoded" rdcu.be/d6DGI
An analysis of fruit trait evolution in cucumbers shows how an APETALA2 (AP2)-like transcription factor regulates both parthenocarpy and bitterness.
An analysis of fruit trait evolution in cucumbers shows how an APETALA2 (AP2)-like transcription factor regulates both parthenocarpy and bitterness.
January 17, 2025 at 3:56 PM
Now with a News & Views: "Bitterness and seedlessness decoded" rdcu.be/d6DGI
An analysis of fruit trait evolution in cucumbers shows how an APETALA2 (AP2)-like transcription factor regulates both parthenocarpy and bitterness.
An analysis of fruit trait evolution in cucumbers shows how an APETALA2 (AP2)-like transcription factor regulates both parthenocarpy and bitterness.
No. Seedlessness does not automatically mean a fruit is genetically modified. GMOs involve direct manipulation of an organism’s DNA in a lab, which is different from traditional breeding, polyploidy, or parthenogenesis.
Seedless fruits like bananas, watermelon, and grapes are often from the latter.
Seedless fruits like bananas, watermelon, and grapes are often from the latter.
December 11, 2024 at 5:21 PM
No. Seedlessness does not automatically mean a fruit is genetically modified. GMOs involve direct manipulation of an organism’s DNA in a lab, which is different from traditional breeding, polyploidy, or parthenogenesis.
Seedless fruits like bananas, watermelon, and grapes are often from the latter.
Seedless fruits like bananas, watermelon, and grapes are often from the latter.
One amazing thing about the fruits in #Spain is not just the taste but the seedlessness. I have had seedless tangerines and seedless oranges quite often before, but seedless limes and lemons are such a game changer for meal preparation! Give me a direct artery to the fruits of Madrid, please.
November 20, 2024 at 12:47 PM
One amazing thing about the fruits in #Spain is not just the taste but the seedlessness. I have had seedless tangerines and seedless oranges quite often before, but seedless limes and lemons are such a game changer for meal preparation! Give me a direct artery to the fruits of Madrid, please.
You must have accidentally purchased the clementine of general seedlessness variety.
September 30, 2024 at 4:50 PM
You must have accidentally purchased the clementine of general seedlessness variety.
Integrative genomics reveals the polygenic basis of seedlessness in grapevine https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2023.12.22.573032v1
Integrative genomics reveals the polygenic basis of seedlessness in grapevine https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2023.12.22.573032v1
Seedlessness is a crucial quality trait in table grape (Vitis vinifera L.) breeding. However, the de
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December 24, 2023 at 4:34 AM
Integrative genomics reveals the polygenic basis of seedlessness in grapevine https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2023.12.22.573032v1
it's the seedlessness that bothers me. all the citrus i can think of to fit this are chock full of seeds.
December 20, 2023 at 6:49 PM
it's the seedlessness that bothers me. all the citrus i can think of to fit this are chock full of seeds.