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Haploid plants of Beta vulgaris were obtained by gynogenesis from ovules isolated from male-fertile and annual and biennial male-sterile plants. We show that on a N6 basal medium, supplemented with 2.85 μM IAA and 0.94 μM Kinetin or 0.88 μM BAP, haploids originate directly through embryogenesis. In order to determine the optimal developmental stage of the ovule of Beta vulgaris for gynogenesis, we carried out a histological study of whole ovules from open male-sterile flowers (collected 1 to 5 days after flowering) and unopened male-fertile flowers (collected 1 to 3 days before anthesis). In all cases, the gametophyte appeared completely differentiated. These results suggest that maturity of the gametophyte is reached a few days before anthesis and therefore ovules from unopened flowers are already suitable for plating. A developmental study of the haploid cells of the sugarbeet embryo sac during the first week of in vitro culture showed that the viable gynogenetic embryo originated only from the egg cell.
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Ferrant, V., Bouharmont, J. Origin of gynogenetic embryos of Beta vulgaris L.. Sexual Plant Reprod 7, 12–16 (1994). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00241883
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00241883