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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”
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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.

Intervention effectobservedoriginal resultpositivemeasured

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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”
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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.)”
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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.

Observationobservedoriginal resultpositivemeasured

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The survival rate of somatic embryo-derived seedlings reached 85%.

Taxon: Pinus elliottiiPinus elliottiie0
Outcome: survival rate of somatic embryo-derived seedlingse1
Value: 85%e1

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“Pinus elliottii, a key economic conifer in southern China”
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“the survival rate of somatic embryo-derived seedlings reached 85%”
✓ located verbatim in the source · abstract, characters 1101–1166

Title

Establishment of Efficient Somatic Embryo Maturation System of Pinus elliottii

Lin Xu; Zhaolei Deng; Shan Hu; et al. Plants 2025. doi:10.3390/plants14131985

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Association The genotype of Pinus elliottii significantly influences the induction rate of embryogenic callus.
Intervention effect The liquid-solid induction method increased the number of mature embryos by 25.85 times.
Intervention effect A 3-week pretreatment followed by ABA, PSK and COS enhanced somatic embryo maturation efficiency.
Intervention effect Activated carbon significantly promoted somatic embryo maturation and germination.
Intervention effect 1 g/L activated carbon induced 288.67 mature embryos per gram of embryogenic callus.
Observation 1 g/L activated carbon gave a total of 1452 embryos.
Intervention effect 4 g/L activated carbon achieved a germination rate of 63%.

Intervention effectobservedoriginal resultno effectmeasured

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Thawing technique did not affect embryo survival.

Taxon: Picea spp.Piceae1
Treatment: Thawing techniquese0
Outcome: embryo survivale0
Direction: no effecte0

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“Thawing techniques had no effect on embryo survival.”
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“Picea spp.”
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Title

Dried Cryopreserved Somatic Embryos of Two Picea Species Provide Suitable Material for Direct Plantlet Regeneration and Germplasm Storage

C Bomal Annals of Botany 2000. doi:10.1006/anbo.2000.1176

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Intervention effect Slow drying at 97 or 88% RH produced 96.7–100% germination.
Intervention effect Slow drying at 97 or 88% RH produced 26.7–46.7% plantlet conversion.
Intervention effect Embryos dried to 0.23 g H 2 O g −1 d.wt before freezing germinated at 93.8%.
Observation Dried cryopreserved Picea embryos could reinduce embryogenic tissue.
Observation Dried cryopreserved Picea embryos could start new embryo production.
Intervention effect Drying at 97% RH and rehydration at 100% RH for 12 h gave 66.7% reinduction.
Observation Embryo production did not differ between parent line and sublines.
Observation Second generation embryos germinated at rates similar to controls.
Observation Second generation embryos regenerated into plantlets at rates similar to controls.
Method / resource The optimal cryopreservation method worked across several P. mariana genotypes.
Method / resource The optimal cryopreservation method worked across several P. glauca genotypes.

Observationobservedoriginal resultpositivemeasured

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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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Recommendationauthor interpretationoriginal resultpositivebasis n/a

Claim · model-written summary

The authors recommend altering the procedures to improve embryo survival.

Taxon: PECANCarya illinoinensist0
Outcome: increase the probability of embryo survivale0

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“the procedures used in the current study should be altered to increase the probability of embryo survival”
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“PECAN”
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Title

CRYOGENICS AND TISSUE CULTURE FOR PRESERVING PECAN GERMPLASM

S. Abou Taleb; I. Yates; B.W. Wood; et al. HortScience 1992. doi:10.21273/hortsci.27.6.693c

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Intervention effect Optimum germination with minimum contamination occurred when 12% of the kernel remained intact.
Intervention effect Liquid nitrogen reduced the percentage of embryos developing into intact plants.
Observation Curtis had a significantly higher shoots-only morphogenic response than other cultivars.
Observation Shoshoni had a significantly higher shoots-only morphogenic response than other cultivars.
Method / resource Cryogenic storage of pecan zygotic embryos was feasible for germplasm preservation.

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