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Nucellar polyembryony is reported in spe...

Nucellar polyembryony is reported in species of

A

Gossypium

B

Triticum

C

Brassica

D

Citrus

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Occurrence of more than one embryo in a seed in referred as polyembryony. In many citrus and mango varieties, some of the nucellar cells surroundings the embryo sac start dividing, protrude into the embryo sac and develop into the embryos. In such species, each ovule contains many embryos (nuclear polyembryony)
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