Re: I. sibirica, Foretell X's

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• Subject: Re: I. sibirica, Foretell X's
• From: b*@tiger.hsc.edu (Bill Shear)
• Date: Wed, 5 Mar 1997 08:45:26 -0700 (MST)

FORETELL is described in several places as having "limited fertility" but I
tried for several years to get a seed set on it without success.  At least
my plants appeared to have no pollen   It is diploid so using tetraploids
would not be good.

I suppose you could make it or a similar plant fertile by doubling the
chromosomes with colchicine, but this is very iffy with mature plants and
usually results in a chimera.

Best wishes, Bill
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William A. Shear
Department of Biology
Hampden-Sydney College
Hampden-Sydney VA 23943 USA
phone (804) 223-6172
FAX (804) 223-6374

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