Cytological mechanisms of 2n pollen formation in the wild potato Solanum okadae and pollen-pistil relations with the cultivated potato, Solanum tuberosum

Genetic Resources and Crop Evolution

Volumn 55, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 471-477

  Camadro, Elsa Lucila ^a,b   Saffarano, Sandra Karina ^a   Espinillo, Juan Carlos ^a   Castro, Mateo ^a   Simon, Phillip W ^c  

^a UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DE MAR DEL PLATA   (Argentina)

^b Universidad Nacional de Río Cuarto Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas   (Argentina)

^c U S DAIRY FORAGE RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

First Division Restitution 2n pollen; Interspecific hybridization; Pollen pistil relations; Tuber bearing Solanum

Indexed keywords

CYTOLOGY; ENDEMIC SPECIES; GENOTYPE; HYBRIDIZATION; IDENTIFICATION METHOD; INCOMPATIBILITY; POLLEN; POTATO; WILD POPULATION;

ARGENTINA; BOLIVIA; SOUTH AMERICA;

SOLANUM; SOLANUM JAMESII; SOLANUM OKADAE; SOLANUM TUBEROSUM; TUBER (TRUFFLE); TUBEROSUM;

EID: 42149137387     PISSN: 09259864     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10722-007-9254-1     Document Type: Article

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