Spinach androgenesis for doubled haploid plants.
Breeding spinach is challenging due to the presence of monoic, dioic, and hermaphrodite flowering, complicating the production of homozygous lines. Developing doubled haploids in spinach would greatly benefit breeding programs, but this process is difficult. Fytagoras specializes in creating doubled haploid protocols for challenging species. The image shows isolated spinach microspores dividing six days post-isolation, […]
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Doubled haploid plants from super spicy, long slender Aci Kil Menderes peppers
The photographs depict the division of microspores and the formation of multicellular structures derived from the Aci Kil Menderes pepper, a Turkish chili variety renowned for its remarkable heat level (reaching up to 1,000,000 on the Scoville scale) and its elongated fruits, which measure up to 20 cm in length. The task of producing androgenic […]
Why use doubled haploid plants in plant breeding?
Fytagoras has a great track record in the development of DH plant production protocols for notoriously difficult species. But why is it important to make doubled haploid plants? Doubled haploids (DH) are valuable tools in plant breeding programs, as they enable the rapid production of pure homozygous lines from heterozygous plants. To use DH in […]
Watermelon Doubled Haploids
A Genetically Pure Plant From A Single Haploid Cell In plant breeding, adding desirable traits to stable varieties is very labour-intensive and time-consuming, especially in slow-growing varieties. Techniques that can speed up this process are highly desirable. Reproductive cells, gametes, contain only half of the genetic material of the parent plant and are therefore extremely […]
Promising Results in Application of Pulsed Radio Frequency on Seed Quality Improvement
A scientific paper was published recently, describing the effects of pulsed radio frequency on seed quality. The download of this paper is available in the following link The main conclusions of the researchers were: Presowing treatments with pulsed radio frequency is a promising, non-invasive, non-chemical and environmentally friendly method that may be used to improve […]
Fytagoras Starts Coorporation with Chinese Jilin Academy of Agricultural Sciences
Fytagoras is proud to have entered into a partnership with the Jilin Academy for Agricultural Sciences (JAAS) in the field of industrial cannabis. A Fytagoras delegation consisting of Prof. Dr. B. van Duijn, Dr. H. Korthout, Dr. Y. Zhou and Drs. F. van Horssen, was present at the signing of the formal cooperation agreement and […]