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Gene introgression into Coffea arabica by way of triploid hybrids (C. arabica x C. canephora).
Heredity - 1 Dec 2002
Herrera J C, Combes M C, Cortina H, Alvarado G, Lashermes P
Abstract excerpt
Interspecific triploid hybrid plants between the tetraploid species Coffea arabica L. and the diploid species C. canephora P. were backcrossed to C. arabica. Although characterised by a low production and an important fruit dropping, all attempted crosses (ie, 6) generated BC(1) progenies. Flow cytometric analysis of the nuclear DNA content revealed that most of the BC1 individuals were nearly tetraploid. Among...
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