Apparent male fertility in Musa germplasm

Current efforts to produce improved genotypes of plantain and banana (Musa spp.) depend on crossing female-fertile clones with accessions that produce viable pollen. Musa accessions (168) were screened for production of viable pollen based on staining with acetocarmine glycerol jelly. Diploid hybrid...

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Autores principales: Dumpe, B.B., Ortíz, R.
Formato: Journal Article
Lenguaje:Inglés
Publicado: 1996
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Acceso en línea:https://hdl.handle.net/10568/101040
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description Current efforts to produce improved genotypes of plantain and banana (Musa spp.) depend on crossing female-fertile clones with accessions that produce viable pollen. Musa accessions (168) were screened for production of viable pollen based on staining with acetocarmine glycerol jelly. Diploid hybrids and landraces produced significantly more pollen than triploids and tetraploids, suggesting more successful crosses when using diploid accessions as male parents. There was a positive correlation between the amount of pollen produced and the level of viability in both hybrids (r = 0.65, P £ 0.01) and landraces (r = 0.61, P £ 0.01). This finding suggests that closely associated genetic factors determine these characteristics in Musa, while environmental conditions also may influence the quality and quantity of pollen produced. Pollen production at anthesis was absent in 28 accessions. Of the 140 accessions with pollen, 67 were sufficiently fertile for use as male parents in the breeding program.
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spelling CGSpace1010402024-03-06T10:16:43Z Apparent male fertility in Musa germplasm Dumpe, B.B. Ortíz, R. bananas breeding plantains Current efforts to produce improved genotypes of plantain and banana (Musa spp.) depend on crossing female-fertile clones with accessions that produce viable pollen. Musa accessions (168) were screened for production of viable pollen based on staining with acetocarmine glycerol jelly. Diploid hybrids and landraces produced significantly more pollen than triploids and tetraploids, suggesting more successful crosses when using diploid accessions as male parents. There was a positive correlation between the amount of pollen produced and the level of viability in both hybrids (r = 0.65, P £ 0.01) and landraces (r = 0.61, P £ 0.01). This finding suggests that closely associated genetic factors determine these characteristics in Musa, while environmental conditions also may influence the quality and quantity of pollen produced. Pollen production at anthesis was absent in 28 accessions. Of the 140 accessions with pollen, 67 were sufficiently fertile for use as male parents in the breeding program. 1996 2019-04-24T12:29:47Z 2019-04-24T12:29:47Z Journal Article https://hdl.handle.net/10568/101040 en Limited Access Dumpe, B.B. & Ortiz, R. (1996). Apparent male fertility in Musa germplasm. Hortscience, 31(6), 1019–1022.
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Apparent male fertility in Musa germplasm
title Apparent male fertility in Musa germplasm
title_full Apparent male fertility in Musa germplasm
title_fullStr Apparent male fertility in Musa germplasm
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