The sweet orange reproduces asexually ( apomixis through nucellar embryony ); varieties of sweet orange arise through mutations.
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Nucellar embryony is important to the citrus industry, as it allows for the production of uniform rootstock which yields consistent results in fruit production.
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In some plants, the diploid tissue of the nucellus can give rise to the embryo within the seed through a mechanism of asexual reproduction called nucellar embryony.
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In " adventitious embryony " ( sporophytic apomixis ), an embryo is formed directly ( not from a gametophyte ) from nucellus or integument tissue ( see nucellar embryony ).