Re: clausa
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- Subject: Re: clausa
- From: M* C*
- Date: Mon, 27 Nov 2000 06:29:56 -0600
Is it possible to make crosses between triploids?
Narda, this is a good question. Maybe Paul, NOrm, and others w/ more
experience can comment on this; what are the results of crossing a
tetraploid x diploid.......or what happens when using a tet for pollen
parent?....sterile.....is that the end of the line ...or tet x tet??
And make the response simple.....Thanks
Monty
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> From: NardaA@aol.com
> To: hosta-open@mallorn.com
> Subject: Re: clausa
> Date: Monday, November 27, 2000 6:08 AM
>
> In a message dated 11/27/00 4:13:40 AM Eastern Standard Time,
> zonneveld@RULBIM.Leidenuniv.nl writes:
>
> << The one with the closed
> flowers is fully pod and pollen sterile due to being a triploid. It is
> however frequently found in korean gardens Its stoniferous habit can
> make it a fast increaser. >>
>
> Ben, perhaps you can comment on the following. I don't know where, but I
> think at hosta college last year we were discussing clausa and it was
said by
> someone that there is an insect that bores into the bloom and that
> pollination can occur via this insect. Of course this would only happen
in
> the wild. Have you heard this, I thought that it was very interesting.
If
> the plant is a triploid the pollination would have to be within the
species,
> so under these circumstances would the seed form on clausa?
>
> Is it possible to make crosses between triploids?
>
> I am just curious, so anyone else out there who remembers this please
chime
> in here.
>
> Thanks,
> Narda
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