Interspecific hybridizations with an African tobacco, Nicotiana africana Merxm
Interspecific hybridizations with an African tobacco, Nicotiana africana Merxm
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与非洲烟草(Nicotiana africana Merxm)的种间杂交
DOI:
10.1093/oxfordjournals.jhered.a109270
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发表时间:
1979
影响因子:
3.1
通讯作者:
L. G. Burk
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作者:
D. Gerstel;J. Burns;L. G. Burk
A recently discovered species from Africa,N. africanaMerxm., was crossed as the male to 27 other species of the genus. Germinable seeds were obtained from nearly all crosses, but most seedlings died. Crosses withN.fragransfrom the South Pacific, however, produced vigorous hybrids. Cytological and biochemical evidence sug gest some taxonomic affinity betweenN. africanandN. fragrans, but it remains puzzling howN. africana, or its ancestor(s), reached Africa. Crosses of normal and 23 monosomic types of N. labacum withN. africanaproduced very rare hybrids with various chromosome numbers and also some maternal haploids. In contrast, mono somic-H, when pollinated byN. africanahybridized readily; the hybrids analyzed lacked one chromosome, presumably the H. Thus, absence of an H chromosome greatly facilitates the survival of hybrids, though it is not clear from the evidence whether possession of an intact H completely prevents hybrid survival. Chromosome pairing inN. tabacum x N. africanahybrids was of the “low variable” type.