The methods for identification of apomixis in plant

Apomixis is a mode of reproduction (asexual propagation through seeds) that exists in many plants from different botanical families.By producing crops that produce asexually through seeds,we can greatly hasten the development of new higher yielding hybrid varieties,therefore,apomixis attracts considerable theoretical interest.Breeding and manipulating apomictic species will require reliable and efficient procedures to screen for mode of reproduction.This paper presented five screening procedures for apomixis,i.e.morphological methods,cytological sectioning methods,biochemistry approaches,molecular approaches and other methods.The relative advantages or disadvantages of the screening procedures presented here are discussed.