ISHS Acta Horticulturae 205: Symposium on the Development of New Floricultural Crops, XXII IHC
STUDY OF TUBEROSE HYBRIDIZATION |
| Authors: | T.M. Shen, K.L. Huang, T.S. Huang |
| Abstract:
Tuberose (Polianthes tuberosa L.) has the characters of dichogamy and self-incompatibility. Crosses between single and double varieties produce fruits and seeds when the female parent is 2–3 days after anthesis. Reciprocal crosses between the single and double varieties of tuberose grown in Taiwan produced many single and few double plants in the progenies. Twelve seedlings with improved characteristics were selected from these progenies. Work is now in progress to test stability of these characteristics to produce more prolific and higher quality tuberose varieties. Selection from hybrid seedlings is a very promising breeding method for improvement of cut flower production in tuberose. | |
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