The efficiency of natural and artificial pollinators in plantain (Musa spp. AAB group) hybridisation and seed production
Plantain-derived tetraploid hybrids are routinely crossed In Musa breeding programmes with diploid Musa accessions for the efficient generation of putative triploid hybrid seed. However, natural open pollination of these same tetraploid hybrids also consistently generates viable seed. The mean germi...
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| author | Ortíz, R. Crouch, J.H. |
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| description | Plantain-derived tetraploid hybrids are routinely crossed In Musa breeding programmes with diploid Musa accessions for the efficient generation of putative triploid hybrid seed. However, natural open pollination of these same tetraploid hybrids also consistently generates viable seed. The mean germination rate of such open pollinated seed was observed to be higher than that of seed generated from artificial pollinations. This may suggest that tetraploid Musa hybrids played a much more important role in the evolution of triploid Musa landraces than previously considered. Moreover, the elite performance of certain hybrids generated through such open pollination offers possibilities of new Musa breeding paradigms. The inferences of these observation for Musa evolution and the implication for Musa breeding are discussed |
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| spelling | CGSpace986342024-03-06T10:16:43Z The efficiency of natural and artificial pollinators in plantain (Musa spp. AAB group) hybridisation and seed production Ortíz, R. Crouch, J.H. bananas hybrid seed production plantains open pollination Plantain-derived tetraploid hybrids are routinely crossed In Musa breeding programmes with diploid Musa accessions for the efficient generation of putative triploid hybrid seed. However, natural open pollination of these same tetraploid hybrids also consistently generates viable seed. The mean germination rate of such open pollinated seed was observed to be higher than that of seed generated from artificial pollinations. This may suggest that tetraploid Musa hybrids played a much more important role in the evolution of triploid Musa landraces than previously considered. Moreover, the elite performance of certain hybrids generated through such open pollination offers possibilities of new Musa breeding paradigms. The inferences of these observation for Musa evolution and the implication for Musa breeding are discussed 1997 2018-12-19T07:00:52Z 2018-12-19T07:00:52Z Journal Article https://hdl.handle.net/10568/98634 en Limited Access Ortiz, R. & Crouch, J.H. (1997). The efficiency of natural and artificial pollinators in plantain (Musa spp. AAB group) hybridization and seed production. Annals of Botany, 80(5), 693-695. |
| spellingShingle | bananas hybrid seed production plantains open pollination Ortíz, R. Crouch, J.H. The efficiency of natural and artificial pollinators in plantain (Musa spp. AAB group) hybridisation and seed production |
| title | The efficiency of natural and artificial pollinators in plantain (Musa spp. AAB group) hybridisation and seed production |
| title_full | The efficiency of natural and artificial pollinators in plantain (Musa spp. AAB group) hybridisation and seed production |
| title_fullStr | The efficiency of natural and artificial pollinators in plantain (Musa spp. AAB group) hybridisation and seed production |
| title_full_unstemmed | The efficiency of natural and artificial pollinators in plantain (Musa spp. AAB group) hybridisation and seed production |
| title_short | The efficiency of natural and artificial pollinators in plantain (Musa spp. AAB group) hybridisation and seed production |
| title_sort | efficiency of natural and artificial pollinators in plantain musa spp aab group hybridisation and seed production |
| topic | bananas hybrid seed production plantains open pollination |
| url | https://hdl.handle.net/10568/98634 |
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