Spontaneous somatic tetraploids in cassava

One suspected mutant with the broad, thick and dark green leaves characteristic of tetraploid cassava was found from each of the cassava clones TMS 91934 and TMS 89/00037-17 planted out in the field. Cytological examination confirmed them as tetraploids with chromosomes number 2n=4x=72. The mutants...

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Autores principales: Hahn, S.K., Bai, V.K., Asiedu, Robert
Formato: Journal Article
Lenguaje:Inglés
Publicado: 1992
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Acceso en línea:https://hdl.handle.net/10568/99901
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author Hahn, S.K.
Bai, V.K.
Asiedu, Robert
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description One suspected mutant with the broad, thick and dark green leaves characteristic of tetraploid cassava was found from each of the cassava clones TMS 91934 and TMS 89/00037-17 planted out in the field. Cytological examination confirmed them as tetraploids with chromosomes number 2n=4x=72. The mutants seen to be derived from natural solid mutation of axillary or adventitious buds through somatic chromosomes doubling of the initial cells of the buds as a result of abnormal mitotic division. Somatic doubling seems to take place rather frequently in cassava compared to the other plant species. The tetraploid mutants inferior in vigour to their diploid mother clones but would be valuable as parents for improvement of cassava at tetraploid level as a complement to sexual polyploidization.
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spelling CGSpace999012023-02-15T06:51:53Z Spontaneous somatic tetraploids in cassava Hahn, S.K. Bai, V.K. Asiedu, Robert cassava polyploidy chromosomes One suspected mutant with the broad, thick and dark green leaves characteristic of tetraploid cassava was found from each of the cassava clones TMS 91934 and TMS 89/00037-17 planted out in the field. Cytological examination confirmed them as tetraploids with chromosomes number 2n=4x=72. The mutants seen to be derived from natural solid mutation of axillary or adventitious buds through somatic chromosomes doubling of the initial cells of the buds as a result of abnormal mitotic division. Somatic doubling seems to take place rather frequently in cassava compared to the other plant species. The tetraploid mutants inferior in vigour to their diploid mother clones but would be valuable as parents for improvement of cassava at tetraploid level as a complement to sexual polyploidization. 1992 2019-03-03T05:53:54Z 2019-03-03T05:53:54Z Journal Article https://hdl.handle.net/10568/99901 en Limited Access Hahn, S.K., Bai, V.K. & Asiedu, R. (1992). Spontaneous somatic tetraploids in cassava. Japanese Journal of Breeding, 42(2), 303-308.
spellingShingle cassava
polyploidy
chromosomes
Hahn, S.K.
Bai, V.K.
Asiedu, Robert
Spontaneous somatic tetraploids in cassava
title Spontaneous somatic tetraploids in cassava
title_full Spontaneous somatic tetraploids in cassava
title_fullStr Spontaneous somatic tetraploids in cassava
title_full_unstemmed Spontaneous somatic tetraploids in cassava
title_short Spontaneous somatic tetraploids in cassava
title_sort spontaneous somatic tetraploids in cassava
topic cassava
polyploidy
chromosomes
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