High-frequency synthetic apomixis in hybrid rice
A. Vernet, D. Meynard, Q. Lian, D. Mieulet, O. Gibert, M. Bissah, R. Rivallan, A.-c. Meunier, K. Shankle, J. Frouin, K. Shankle, I. Khanday, R. Mercier, V. Sundaresan, E. Guiderdoni
This study demonstrates high-frequency synthetic apomixis in hybrid rice by inducing MiMe mutations and BBM1 expression, resulting in over 95% clonal seed production across generations.
bioRxiv · Oct 14, 2022Plant Biology