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Method for the production of double-haploid cucumbers

  • US 5,492,827 A
  • Filed: 01/11/1995
  • Issued: 02/20/1996
  • Est. Priority Date: 12/22/1988
  • Status: Expired due to Fees
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1. A method for producing haploid Cucumis sativus plants which comprises isolating a female flower part selected from the group consisting of unfertilized ovules, embryo sac cells, ovarial tissue containing unfertilized ovules and ovarial tissue containing embryo sac cells, inducing the direct formation of embryos with hormone-containing medium, culturing the embryos to give haploid plants;

  • wherein when the female flower part is from a parthenocarpous plant, the medium contains cytokinins and, when the female flower part is from a non-parthenocarpous plant, the medium contains auxins.

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