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Too much sugar makes plants "pregnant": maternal sucrose signals fertilization in Arabidopsis seeds
Weijie Xu, Miryam Iannaccone, Dennys-Marcela Gómez-Páez…·Enrico Magnani
The paper shows that sucrose triggers a fertilization-independent response in Arabidopsis maternal tissues, initiating seed development through hormonal and sugar signaling.
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