Polyembryony is a phenomenon where a single seed produces multiple embryos. In mangoes, nucellar embryos are adventitious embryos formed from the nucellus tissue surrounding the embryo sac. These are a form of asexual reproduction and thus produce genetic clones of the parent tree.
Nucellar seedlings arising from polyembryonic seeds of mango are considered as
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