Methods for Reproducing Plants Asexually and Compositions Thereof

A method of obtaining seeds comprising clonal embryos comprising

• (a) collecting one or more seeds produced by a maternal plant, wherein the maternal plant is defective for RdDM activity for:
• (i) a nucleic acid having at least 90% identity to the full length of a nucleic acid of any of the nucleotide sequences set forth in SEQ ID NOs:
• 1-64, 100-230, 300-365, 399-541, 616-708, 757-820, 853-911, or 942-980, or a fragment, complement or combination thereof;
• or
• (ii) a polypeptide having at least 90% identity to the full length of a polypeptide of any of the amino acid sequences set forth in SEQ ID NOs:
• 65-99, 231-299, 366-398, 542-615, 709-756, 821-852, 912-941, or 981-1005, or a fragment, complement or combination thereof;
• and
• (b) sorting the seeds to separate the seeds comprising clonal embryos from the seeds comprising non-clonal embryos;
• wherein the maternal plant is pollinated prior to collecting the seeds, and wherein the one or more seeds produced by the maternal plant comprise an embryo that is a clone of the maternal plant.