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New CMS-associated phenotypes in cybrids Nicotiana tabacum L. (+Hyoscyamus niger L.).
Annals of botany - 1 Aug 2003
Zubko Mikhajlo K, Zubko Elena I, Adler Klaus, Grimm Bernhard, Gleba Yuri Yu
Abstract excerpt
Morphological characteristics were studied in cytoplasmic male sterile (CMS) cybrids possessing the tobacco nuclear genome, Hyoscyamus niger plastome and recombinant mitochondria. After backcrosses with tobacco, new flower modifications were found, including: conversions of stamens into branched filamentous structures; alterations in the shape of petals and the corolla limb; and high degrees of reduction in most...
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