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Asymmetric somatic hybrids of Lycopersicon esculentum and Lycopersicon peruvianum were obtained by fusion of leaf protoplasts from both species after irradiation of protoplasts or leaf tissue of L. peruvianum with 50, 300, or 1,000 Gy of gamma-rays. These radiation doses were sufficient to abolish the growth of the L. peruvianum protoplasts. The hybrids were selected for their ability to regenerate plants; this regeneration capacity derived from L. peruvianum. All asymmetric hybrid plants were aneuploid. The ploidy level, the morphology, and the regeneration rate were analyzed in relation to the radiation dose applied to L. peruvianum. After a low dose (50 Gy), most hybrids had near-triploid chromosome numbers, whereas after a high dose (300 or 1,000 Gy), most hybrids had near-pentaploid numbers. The morphology of the asymmetric hybrids was intermediate between that of L. esculentum and symmetric somatic hybrids of both species (obtained without irradiation treatment), and approached the morphology of L. esculentum to a greater extent after a high dose of irradiation. The asymmetric hybrids regenerated more slowly than the symmetric hybrids and regeneration proceeded more slowly after a high dose than after a low dose of irradiation. The high-dose hybrids also grew more slowly, flowered less, and set fruits less than the low-dose hybrids. No seeds could be obtained from any asymmetric hybrid.
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Wijbrandi, J., Posthuma, A., Kok, J.M. et al. Asymmetric somatic hybrids between Lycopersicon esculentum and irradiated Lycopersicon peruvianum . Theoret. Appl. Genetics 80, 305–312 (1990). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00210064
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