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______ noticed polyembryony in orange seeds.

______ noticed polyembryony in orange seeds. Correct Answer Ernst

This was noticed for the first time by Leeuwenhoek (1719) in the seeds of orange. More often, as in many Citrus and Mango varieties some of the nucellar cells surrounding the embryo sac start dividing, protrude into the embryo sac and develop into the embryos.

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