Seedless cherimoya, the next banana?

Tuesday, March 15, 2011 - 14:50 in Mathematics & Economics

Mark Twain called it 'the most delicious fruit known to man.' But the cherimoya, or custard apple, and its close relations the sugar apple and soursop, also have lots of big, awkward seeds. Now new research by plant scientists in the United States and Spain could show how to make this and other fruits seedless...

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