Seedless fruit does not mean no propagation
Виймання малого насінного зачатка з розрізаної виноградини для порятунку зародка; оригінальне фото USDA ARS K3684-5, не штучна реконструкція / Removing an undersized seed from a cut grape for embryo rescue; original USDA ARS photograph K3684-5, not a reconstruction. Credit: USDA ARS/Jack Dykinga. Source: https://www.ars.usda.gov/oc/images/photos/apr06/k3684-5/
Seedlessness in cultivated fruit arises in different ways and does not mean the plant cannot be propagated. Seedless watermelons are usually triploid; seed for growing them is produced by crossing parental lines with different chromosome-set numbers. Grape cultivars can be maintained vegetatively, while seedless-grape breeding can use embryo rescue. Mature seeds in fruit, creation of a new cultivar and clonal propagation of an existing one must therefore be distinguished.
