Fruits and Nuts: Anyone have PawPaw fruit?, 1 by KYBRED
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KYBRED wrote: Tetraploid paw paws have much larger fruit and the trees are quite a bit more robust. The seed are unfortunately larger as well! A chemical called colchicine is what is used to double the chromosomes of the plants. Crossing the diploids with the tetraploids would be a way to produce seedless. When a plant has uneven amounts of chromosomes it is usually sterile. (seedless grapes, bananas etc.) |