A MEANS FOR INDUCING APOMIXIS IN CULTIVATED PLANTS HAVING SEXUAL REPRODUCTION AND USE THEREOF FOR THE PRODUCTION OF COMPLETELY OR PARTIALLY APOMICTIC PLANTS.
The invention relates to the use of a gene of the Argonaute family, a transcript of said gene or the ORF of said gene in order to produce plants that are completely or partially apomictic. The invention can be used to control apomixis in cultivated species having sexual reproduction.La presente invención se refiere al uso para producir plantas parcial o totalmente apomícticas de un gen de la familia Argonauta, una transcripción de ese gen o su ORF. La invención puede utilizarse para controlar de manera apomíctica las especies cultivadas para reproducción sexual.