Sunflower ‘virgin births’ enable accelerated crop breeding

Nature, Published online: 02 April 2025; doi:10.1038/d41586-025-00904-8The discovery that sunflower seeds can develop without fertilization reveals a pathway to accelerate improvement of this crop — and potentially others.

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Sunflower ‘virgin births’ enable accelerated crop breeding

Nature, Published online: 02 April 2025; doi:10.1038/d41586-025-00904-8The discovery that sunflower seeds can develop without fertilization reveals a pathway to accelerate improvement of this crop — and potentially others.