Interspecific hybridization by protoplast fusion in Nicotiana. Confirmation and extension
Journal Article
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· J. Hered.; (United States)
OSTI ID:7256590
- Brookhaven National Lab., Upton, NY
Protoplasts of Nicotiana glauca and N. langsdorffi were prepared from leaf tissue by enzymatic digestion and were fused with the aid of polyethylene glycol. The mixed population of protoplasts was grown first on an enriched medium (M3 of Kao, et al.) and was then transferred to a medium lacking phytohormones, which selects against the parental types. A total of 174 calli that grew on the hormoneless medium were obtained. Mature flowering plants were differentiated from 19 different calli, and more than one from three of these, making 23 regenerated plants in all. Each of the plants was shown to be a parasexual hybrid in that it formed tumors; and the corolla, leaf, and plant habit were similar to, but somewhat different from, the amphiploid produced by cross pollination. The parasexual hybrids were examined cytologically and, instead of the amphiploid number 42, they were found to have a range of from 56 to 64 chromosomes, which accounted for the different characteristics observed. At meiosis mostly bivalents were formed and pollen fertility was high, averaging 84 percent. Seeds or progeny have been obtained from 16 of the hybrids. The unusual chromosome numbers found in the parasexual hybrids may have been due primarily to triple fusions (giving 60-66 chromosomes) followed by losses during callus growth, accompanied by selection for a particular range of aneuploidy (2n = 56 to 64) favorable for development of plantlets from calli.
- OSTI ID:
- 7256590
- Journal Information:
- J. Hered.; (United States), Journal Name: J. Hered.; (United States) Vol. 67; ISSN JOHEA
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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