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Alloplasm is cytoplasm from an alien species that has been transferred by backcrossing it into a cultivated species in crop science.
The result is an alien cytoplasm that suffers from male or female sterility, or reduced plant vigor. If those conditions do not manifest themselves, then the cytoplasm is not considered alien.