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Twin embryo survival was sometimes poorer than single embryo survival.

Taxon: PelargoniumPelargoniumt0
Outcome: survival of embryos in twinse0
Direction: poorere0
Comparator: singlese0

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“the survival of embryos in twins is sometimes poorer than in singles”
✓ located verbatim in the source · abstract, characters 1087–1155

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“Pelargonium”
✓ located verbatim in the source · title, characters 47–58

Title

The Occurrence and Survival of Twin Embryos in Pelargonium × Hortorum Bailey

A. J. KUBBA; R. A. E. TILNEY-BASSETT Annals of Botany 1980. doi:10.1093/oxfordjournals.aob.a085887

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Observation Twin embryos were rare despite two ovules per carpel.
Association Twin embryo frequency correlated with variance in cultivar fertility.
Association Twin embryo frequency did not correlate with low mean fertility.
Association Plastids had no effect in the analysis of variance.
Association Cultivars differed significantly, indicating genetic heterogeneity.
Observation Self and hybrid families supported a genetic basis for twin formation.
Association Lower parental twin frequency corresponded to fewer offspring families with twins and a lower overall mean.
Observation A few self and hybrid families reached 16.4 per cent twin frequency.
Association Upper twin embryos tended to survive better than lower twin embryos.

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Embryo survival was generally highest at 3% sucrose.

Taxon: CeleryApium graveolens Dulce Groupt0
Treatment: 3% sucrosee0
Outcome: Embryo survivale0
Direction: higheste0
Qualifier: with or without embryo encapsulatione0

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“Embryo survival was generally highest at 3% sucrose with or without embryo encapsulation”
✓ located verbatim in the source · abstract, characters 464–552

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“Celery”
✓ located verbatim in the source · title, characters 98–104

Title

ABA and Polyox-encapsulation or High Humidity Increases Survival of Desiccated Somatic Embryos of Celery

Yong-Hwan Kim; Jules Janick HortScience 1989. doi:10.21273/hortsci.24.4.674

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Intervention effect ABA pretreatment increased survival of desiccated celery somatic embryos.
Intervention effect Polyox encapsulation increased survival of desiccated celery somatic embryos.
Observation Nonencapsulated embryos survived 48 or 72 hours at 70% or 90% relative humidity.
Observation No nonencapsulated embryos survived desiccation at 30% or 50% relative humidity.
Observation Polyox-encapsulated embryos survived seven to nine days of desiccation at 70% relative humidity.

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Embryo survival depends on seedless grape genotype.

Taxon: Grapet0
Material: seedless veritiese0
Outcome: embryo survivale0

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“embryo survival depends on genotype of seedless verities”
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“Grape Varieties”
✓ located verbatim in the source · title, characters 99–114

Title

Evaluation of the Effects of Cluster Numbers Removal on Embryo Emergence of Central Asian Seedless Grape Varieties

Khurshida A Ubaydullaeva; Humoyun N Yusupov; Sadulla A Abdullaev; et al. Plant Tissue Culture and Biotechnology 2025. doi:10.3329/ptcb.v35i1.82601

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Intervention effect Removing clusters did not change embryo number.
Intervention effect Removing clusters significantly increased berry number.
Intervention effect Removing clusters significantly increased berry mass.
Observation Kishnish Sogdiana and Kishmish Terakli differed significantly in cluster and berry numbers.
Observation Kishnish Sogdiana and Belya Rosa differed significantly in berry mass.
Recommendation The authors recommend broader studies across grape cultivars before applying embryo rescue.

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Longer desiccation increased embryo survival.

Taxon: grape (Vitis vinifera L.)Vitis viniferat0
Treatment: duration of desiccatione0
Outcome: embryo survivale0
Direction: increasede0

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“as the duration of desiccation prolonged,the embryo survival and germination rates increased”
✓ located verbatim in the source · abstract, characters 328–420

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“grape (Vitis vinifera L.)”
✓ located after whitespace/quote normalisation · title, characters 36–61

Title

Preservation of Somatic Embryo from Grape (Vitis vinifera L.)

Wang Ya Chih Wu Sheng Li Hsueh T'ung Hsun 2008

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Intervention effect At 40%-50% water loss, somatic embryo germination was about 58%, above 9.4% without desiccation.
Association Higher relative humidity slowed embryo water loss.
Association Longer desiccation increased germination.
Intervention effect At 70% relative humidity for 15 days, germination rose from 33.5% to 56.2%.

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Embryo survival correlated more closely with starch than sucrose content.

Taxon: MaizeZea mayst0
Compound: starche0
Outcome: Embryo survivale0
Direction: correlated more closelye0
Comparator: sucrosee0

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“Embryo survival correlated more closely with the content of starch than sucrose”
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“Maize”
✓ located verbatim in the source · title, characters 84–89

Title

Reversing Drought‐Induced Losses in Grain Yield: Sucrose Maintains Embryo Growth in Maize

C. Zinselmeier; M. J. Lauer; J. S. Boyer Crop Science 1995. doi:10.2135/cropsci1995.0011183x003500050022x

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Intervention effect Stem wounding and nutrient infusions did not alter embryo growth at high water potential.
Intervention effect Stem wounding and nutrient infusions did not alter yield at high water potential.
Intervention effect Low water potential virtually eliminated grain development.
Intervention effect Sucrose infusion reversed loss of grain development at low water potential.
Observation No other medium component showed activity under low water potential.
Intervention effect Without sucrose at low water potential, ovary sucrose content was moderately lower than controls.
Intervention effect Without sucrose at low water potential, ovary starch was much lower than controls.
Intervention effect With sucrose at low water potential, ovary sucrose content exceeded controls.
Intervention effect With sucrose at low water potential, ovary starch recovered moderately.
Mechanism The authors inferred that reduced sucrose flux contributes to arrested embryo growth at low water potential.
Mechanism The authors inferred that altered ovary carbohydrate metabolism contributes to arrested embryo growth.

Intervention effectobservedoriginal resultno effectmeasured

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Carbenicillin did not affect embryo survival in IAS5.

Material: cv. IAS5e0
Treatment: This antibiotice0
Outcome: embryo survivale0
Direction: did not affecte0

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“This antibiotic did not affect embryo survival of cv. IAS5”
✓ located verbatim in the source · abstract, characters 276–334

Title

Influence of antibiotics on embryogenic tissue and Agrobacterium tumefaciens suppression in soybean genetic transformation

Beatriz Wiebke; Fabricio Ferreira; Giancarlo Pasquali; et al. Bragantia 2006. doi:10.1590/s0006-87052006000400002

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Observation Carbenicillin had a genotype dependent effect on soybean embryogenic tissue.
Intervention effect Carbenicillin tripled embryo proliferation in Bragg versus control.
Intervention effect Cefotaxime at 350 and 500 mg L-1 killed embryogenic tissue in both cultivars.
Intervention effect Cefotaxime plus vancomycin did not harm somatic embryos through 63 days.
Intervention effect Carbenicillin at 500 and 1000 mg L-1 did not suppress Agrobacterium in tissue culture.
Intervention effect Cefotaxime at 350 and 500 mg L-1 suppressed Agrobacterium for 49 days.
Intervention effect Cefotaxime plus vancomycin suppressed Agrobacterium for 49 days.
Recommendation The authors recommend cefotaxime plus vancomycin for 49 to 63 days in soybean transformation.

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ELD1 is essential for rice embryo survival.

Taxon: riceOryza sativae0
Gene: ELD1e0
Outcome: rice embryo survivale0

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“in rice”
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“ELD1, a CCHC-type zinc finger protein that is essential for rice embryo survival”
✓ located verbatim in the source · abstract, characters 232–312

Title

ELD1 mediates photoperiodic flowering via OsCCA1 alternative splicing and interacts with phytochrome signaling in rice

Liang Cai; Benyuan Hao; Zhuang Xu; et al. Nature Communications 2025. doi:10.1038/s41467-025-60839-6

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Survival rate in embryo culture averaged 47.4%.

Taxon: LiliumLiliumt0
Treatment: embryo culturee5
Outcome: survival rate in embryo culturee5
Direction: averagede5
Value: 47.4%e5

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“Lilium concolor”
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“The survival rate in embryo culture varied among the crosses but averaged 47.4%”
✓ located verbatim in the source · abstract, characters 1056–1135

Title

Introduction of the Characteristics of Lilium concolor into L. ^|^times; 'Asiatic Hybrids' by Crossing through Style-cutting Pollination and Embryo Culture

Keiichi Okazaki; Joichi Kawada; Masaaki Kunishige; et al. Journal of the Japanese Society for Horticultural Science 1995. doi:10.2503/jjshs.63.825

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Observation No seed set occurred in the cross of L. concolor with Asiatic Hybrids by normal or cut-style pollination.
Observation Hybrids were obtained in the reciprocal cross by cut-style pollination and embryo culture.
Observation The ovary set rate was 100% in the reciprocal cross.
Observation Average number of embryos per ovary was 5.1, ranging from 0.5 to 21.
Observation Hybrid seeds did not germinate in vermiculite.
Observation Average pollen fertility rate among 11 hybrids was 72.9%.
Observation Hybrids backcrossed with L. concolor produced many seeds.
Observation Hybrids backcrossed to Asiatic Hybrids yielded few seeds.
Observation Asiatic Hybrids produced many seeds when pollinated with hybrid pollen.
Observation L. concolor produced no seed when pollinated with hybrid pollen.
Observation About half of the seeds obtained from backcrosses were abnormal.
Observation Only 20.3 to 34.0% of backcross seeds germinated in vermiculite.
Intervention effect Excised immature embryos increased survival rate above 73.6% in backcrosses.
Observation Flowers and leaves of hybrids were intermediate between their parents.
Observation Hybrids grew vigorously, with longer stems and more flowers per inflorescence than their parents.
Observation Hybrids were similar to L. concolor rather than to the Asiatic Hybrids, with relatively small flowers and slender leaves.
Observation Hybrids forced in winter flowered in about 90 days.
Observation Hybrids cultured after bulb harvest and storage flowered in about 65 days.

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Longer in-ovule treatment enhanced embryo growth and plant survival.

Taxon: PeachPrunus persicat0
Treatment: time of in ovule treatmente0
Outcome: embryo growth and plant survivale0
Direction: enhancede0

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“As the time of in ovule treatment increased, embryo growth and plant survival was enhanced”
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“Peach”
✓ located verbatim in the source · title, characters 20–25

Title

In Ovule Culture in Peach: Embryo Perforation, Duration of Culture, and Media Effects on Seed Growth and Seedling Survival

David H. Byrne; Marissa Rizzo; Katrina Porter; et al. HortScience 1998. doi:10.21273/hortsci.33.3.460f

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Intervention effect Perforation produced larger peach embryos.
Intervention effect Perforation did not improve germination over unperforated embryos.
Intervention effect Added vitamins and hormones produced more roots and shoots in plants from unperforated embryos.
Intervention effect The added vitamins and hormones did not necessarily improve survival.
Observation Both tested sucrose levels worked reasonably well.

Intervention effectobservedoriginal resultpositivemeasured

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Higher relative humidity enhanced embryo survival.

Taxon: wine grapevine Sinsaute0
Treatment: higher relative humiditye1
Outcome: survivale1
Direction: enhancede1

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“wine grapevine Sinsaut”
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“Both the survival and the germination rates of the somatic embryo were enhanced under higher relative humidity”
✓ located verbatim in the source · abstract, characters 335–445

Title

Study on the preservation of somatic embryo from wine grapevine Sinsaut

Li Sheng Gansu Nongye Daxue xuebao 2008

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Association Embryo water loss correlated with germination rate.
Intervention effect Desiccation with 40 %～50 % water loss yielded about 58 % germination, 9.4 % higher than no desiccation.
Intervention effect Higher relative humidity enhanced embryo germination.
Intervention effect At 70 % relative humidity for 15 d, desiccation raised germination from 33.5 % to 56.2 %.

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