Sport (botany)

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Foliage of a dwarf Alberta spruce (Picea glauca var. albertiana 'Conica'), with a branch showing reversion[1] to the normal Alberta white spruce growth habit of larger leaves and longer internodes.

In

genetic mutation.[3]

Sports with desirable characteristics are often propagated

"Eureka" lemon.[5]

See also

References

  1. ^ "Reversion". www.rhs.org.uk. Retrieved 26 September 2020.
  2. OCLC 62963831
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  3. ^ "Mutations: plant". www.rhs.org.uk. Retrieved 26 September 2020.
  4. ^ "Fact Sheet: What is a Cultivar?". Gardening Australia. Australian Broadcasting Corporation. 2003. Archived from the original on 25 July 2016.
  5. ^ "Variegated Pink Fleshed Eureka lemon". Citrus Variety Collection. University of California at Riverside, College of Natural and Agricultural Sciences. Archived from the original on 1 December 2017. Retrieved 24 May 2016.


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