Sport (botany)
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sport-botany-202-9770211
title:
Sport (botany)
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In botany, a sport or bud sport, traditionally called lusus, is a part of a plant that shows morphological differences from the rest of the plant. Sports may differ by foliage shape or color, flowers, fruit, or branch structure. The cause is generally thought to be a chance genetic mutation. Sports with desirable characteristics are often propagated vegetatively to form new cultivars that retain the characteristics of the new morphology. Such selections are often prone to "reversion", meaning th
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Plant part that is different from the rest
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sport_(botany)
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2023-10-29T17:36:38Z
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