APOMIXIS CONFERRED BY EXPRESSION OF SERK INTERACTING PROTEINS

摘要

The present invention relates to a method for increasing the probability of vegetative reproduction of a new plant generation by transgenic expression o f a gene encoding a protein acting in the signal transduction cascade triggere d by the Somatic Embryogenesis Receptor Kinase (SERK). Apomictic seeds resulti ng therefrom, plants and progeny obtained through germination of such seeds, an d genes encoding proteins acting in the signal transduction cascade triggered by SERK constitute further subject matters of the invention.