RE: F1 Hybrid question revisited
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- Subject: RE: F1 Hybrid question revisited
- From: M* S*
- Date: Tue, 2 Feb 1999 20:27:10 -0800
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> If you take two AG pumpkin plants of unknown origin, pollinate the
> female flower of one with the male flower of the other, can the
> resulting offspring of the female be accurately classified as an F1
> hybrid? If not, why not?
Mike,
Good question so off to the reference books. According to "The Gardener's
Dictionary of Horticultural Terms by Harold Bagust" by definition an F-1
Hybrid is a "first-generation cross between two pure-bred strains." Plants
of "unknown origin" clearly don't disqualify for the "pure-bred strains"
requirement. Since any AG is a cross and not a pure-breed strain then, again
by definition, there can never be Any AG F-1's. I suppose, and this is just
a guess, you could stretch the definition if you said something like a
"Mombert 567.5 F-1" meaning a cross between two different 567.5 plants. I
would also guess that a self pollinated plant would fall outside any
definition.
Mike
Beaverton, OR
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