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when you consider that one batch may have grown by fluke, but how can you reproduce this with no seeds to plant?

2007-02-11 06:11:30 · 6 answers · asked by sammycinnamon 2 in Education & Reference Trivia

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Seedlessness is a highly desirable trait in table grape selection, and seedless cultivars now make up the overwhelming majority of table grape plantings. Because grapevines are vegetatively propagated by cuttings, the lack of seeds does not present a problem for reproduction. It is, however, an issue for breeders, who must either use a seeded variety as the female parent or rescue embryos early in development using tissue culture techniques.There are several sources of the seedlessness trait, and essentially all commercial cultivars get it from one of three sources: Thompson Seedless, Russian Seedless, and Black Monukka. All are members of Vitis vinifera.

2007-02-11 06:24:50 · answer #1 · answered by dave a 5 · 1 0

Seedless grapes aren't really seedless, they are just picked before the seeds form. So if you want seeds, then you pick older grapes.

2007-02-11 06:39:11 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 1 0

try cloning them that way you will grow the same grape

2007-02-14 04:40:00 · answer #3 · answered by ashkicker420 3 · 0 0

I just buy mine from Tesco. Much easier.

2007-02-11 06:16:15 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0 0

cuttings from the new growth of the plant....

2007-02-11 07:05:30 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0 0

plant grafts?

2007-02-11 06:14:44 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0 0

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