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Old 05-16-2010, 12:59 PM   #11 (permalink)
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Default Re: Basjoo seed

Variation in seed will only come with outcrossing to other M. basjoo plants, such as in a wild population. If you self-pollinate a plant, or pollinate it with a plant of the same clone, then no variation will be created. I have some old wild collected M. basjoo seeds but they never germinated, if I can next semester, I will try embryo rescue tissue culture to produce some plants from them, I've had some success from old seeds with this method.
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