Doubled haploid plants from super spicy, long slender Aci Kil Menderes peppers

The photographs depict the division of microspores and the formation of multicellular structures derived from the Aci Kil Menderes pepper, a Turkish chili variety renowned for its remarkable heat level (reaching up to 1,000,000 on the Scoville scale) and its elongated fruits, which measure up to 20 cm in length. The task of producing androgenic […]

Why use doubled haploid plants in plant breeding?

Fytagoras has a great track record in the development of DH plant production protocols for notoriously difficult species.  But why is it important to make doubled haploid plants?  Doubled haploids (DH) are valuable tools in plant breeding programs, as they enable the rapid production of pure homozygous lines from heterozygous plants. To use DH in […]