“…This difference may be due to an expression of apospory in these hybrids, which was not detected by flow cytometry; therefore, a greater number of seeds should be analyzed. Several attempts have been made to develop molecular markers that can be used to discriminate between sexual and apomictic genotypes resulting from crosses in other genera, (e.g., Brachiaria, Poa, Cenchrus, and Panicum;Pessino et al, 1997;1998;Albertini et al, 2001;Dwivedi et al, 2007;Zorzatto et al, 2010;Bluma Marques et al, 2014;Worthington et al, 2016;Kumar et al, 2017). However, few reports of the use of these markers are available.…”