ISSN:
1573-5060
Source:
Springer Online Journal Archives 1860-2000
Topics:
Agriculture, Forestry, Horticulture, Fishery, Domestic Science, Nutrition
Notes:
Summary Crosses were made between ‘Mme. Buchner’, a diploid cultivar ofPelargonium × hortorum and four of its putative ancestral speciesP. zonale, P, inquinans, P. scandens andP. stenopetalum. Hybrids derived from these crosses were selfed and records kept of their self-fertility. Crosses between ‘Mme. Buchner’ andP. inquinans andP. zonale were the most successful.Pelargonium scandens andP. stenopetalum were difficult to cross with the cultivar. Lack of cross- and/or self-fertility appears as low seed set, low germination and, in the hybrids particularly, as partial or complete male-sterility. Partial male-sterility often appears in semi-double florets, a characteristic which seems linked to spurlessness.
Type of Medium:
Electronic Resource
URL:
http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/BF01904212
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