Self-(In)compatibility Systems: Target Traits for Crop-Production, Plant Breeding, and Biotechnology

Self-incompatibility (SI) mechanisms prevent self-fertilization in flowering plants based on specific discrimination between self- and non-self pollen. Since this trait promotes outcrossing and avoids inbreeding it is a widespread mechanism of controlling sexual plant reproduction. Growers and breed...

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Main Authors: Juan Vicente Muñoz-Sanz, Elena Zuriaga, Felipe Cruz-García, Bruce McClure, Carlos Romero
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2020-03-01
Series:Frontiers in Plant Science
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Online Access:https://www.frontiersin.org/article/10.3389/fpls.2020.00195/full