ISSN:
1573-5060
Keywords:
Brassica napus
;
hybrid seed production
;
self-incompatibility
;
swedes, rutabaga
Source:
Springer Online Journal Archives 1860-2000
Topics:
Agriculture, Forestry, Horticulture, Fishery, Domestic Science, Nutrition
Notes:
Abstract Procedures for producing seed of hybrid swedes using self-incompatibility were examined. Single-cross, double-cross and modified double-cross hybrids were compared in isolation plots using natural pollinators and in polythene tunnels using blow-flies. With good coincidence of flowering and the same flower colour, nearly 100% hybrid seed was produced by natural pollinators with the single-crosses, the double-cross and one of the two modified double-cross hybrids; the other modified double-cross hybrid produced 87%hybrid seed. With poor coincidence of flowering and different flower colours the proportion of hybrids dropped to 61%. Using different flower colours and blow-flies as pollinators in polythene tunnels, higher levels of outcrossing were produced than in isolation plots with natural pollinators; the opposite result was obtained when the same flower colour was used.
Type of Medium:
Electronic Resource
URL:
http://dx.doi.org/10.1023/A:1003941606357
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