Prospects of microgreens as budding living functional food: Breeding and biofortification through OMICS and other approaches for nutritional security

A Gupta, T Sharma, SP Singh, A Bhardwaj… - Frontiers in …, 2023 - frontiersin.org
Nutrient deficiency has resulted in impaired growth and development of the population
globally. Microgreens are considered immature greens (required light for photosynthesis …

Apomixis: a developmental perspective

AM Koltunow, U Grossniklaus - Annual review of plant biology, 2003 - annualreviews.org
The term apomixis encompasses a suite of processes whereby seeds form asexually in
plants. In contrast to sexual reproduction, seedlings arising from apomixis retain the …

Understanding apomixis: recent advances and remaining conundrums

RA Bicknell, AM Koltunow - The Plant Cell, 2004 - academic.oup.com
It has been 10 years since the last review on apomixis, or asexual seed formation, in this
journal (Koltunow, 1993). In that article, emphasis was given to the commonalties known …

Turning meiosis into mitosis

I d'Erfurth, S Jolivet, N Froger, O Catrice… - PLoS …, 2009 - journals.plos.org
Apomixis, or asexual clonal reproduction through seeds, is of immense interest due to its
potential application in agriculture. One key element of apomixis is apomeiosis, a …

Mendelian genetics of apomixis in plants

P Ozias-Akins, PJ van Dijk - Annu. Rev. Genet., 2007 - annualreviews.org
Apomixis, asexual reproduction through seeds, has the potential to revolutionize agriculture
if its genetic basis can be elucidated. However, the genetic control of natural apomixis has …

[LIVRE][B] Genetic Resources, Chromosome Engineering, and Crop Improvement: Cereals, Volume 2

RJ Singh, PP Jauhar - 2006 - taylorfrancis.com
Summarizing landmark research, Volume 2 of this essential series furnishes information on
the availability of germplasm resources that breeders can exploit for producing high-yielding …

[LIVRE][B] Pollen biology and biotechnology

KR Shivanna - 2019 - taylorfrancis.com
The author offers an overview of pollen biology and biotechnology for students and
researchers in areas such as reproductive biology, biotechnology, aeropalynology, plant …

Apomixis in flowering plants: an overview

AJ Richards - … Transactions of the Royal Society of …, 2003 - royalsocietypublishing.org
Apomixis is a common feature of perennial plants, which occurs in ca. 60% of the British
flora, but has been largely ignored by reproductive theoreticians. Successful individuals may …

Plant germline formation: common concepts and developmental flexibility in sexual and asexual reproduction

A Schmidt, MW Schmid, U Grossniklaus - Development, 2015 - journals.biologists.com
The life cycle of flowering plants alternates between two heteromorphic generations: a
diploid sporophytic generation and a haploid gametophytic generation. During the …

Controlling apomixis: shared features and distinct characteristics of gene regulation

A Schmidt - Genes, 2020 - mdpi.com
In higher plants, sexual and asexual reproduction through seeds (apomixis) have evolved
as alternative strategies. As apomixis leads to the formation of clonal offspring, its great …