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Pseudovivipary in Isachne globosa, Family Poaceae


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1 Department of Botany, The Maharaja Sayajirao University of Baroda, Vadodara 390 002, India
 

The precocious and continuous growth of offspring on the maternal parent is defined as the 'vivipary', which has been reported from at least 40 genera and 23 families. Pseudovivipary is observed in apomictically or asexually reproducing plants, which may be natural or induced, and confined to terrestrial habitat due to teratology, mechanical injuries, pathogenecity or abrupt environmental changes.
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Rinku J. Desai
Department of Botany, The Maharaja Sayajirao University of Baroda, Vadodara 390 002, India
Vinay M. Raole
Department of Botany, The Maharaja Sayajirao University of Baroda, Vadodara 390 002, India

Abstract


The precocious and continuous growth of offspring on the maternal parent is defined as the 'vivipary', which has been reported from at least 40 genera and 23 families. Pseudovivipary is observed in apomictically or asexually reproducing plants, which may be natural or induced, and confined to terrestrial habitat due to teratology, mechanical injuries, pathogenecity or abrupt environmental changes.


DOI: https://doi.org/10.18520/cs%2Fv104%2Fi12%2F1599-1599