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An efficient procedure for obtaining somatic hybrids between B. oleracea and B. campestris has been developed. Hypocotyl protoplasts of B. oleracea were fused with mesophyll protoplasts from three different varieties of B. campestris by the polyethylene glycoldimethylsulfoxide method. The selection of somatic hybrids utilized the inactivation of B. oleracea protoplasts by iodoacetamide (IOA) and the low regeneration ability of B. campestris. The efficiency of recovery of somatic hybrids depended upon the IOA concentration, and when 15 mM IOA was used, 90% of the regenerated plants were found to be hybrid. The somatic hybrids were examined for i) leaf morphology, ii) leucine aminopeptidase (LAP) isozyme and iii) chromosome number. All the hybrids had intermediate leaf morphology and possessed LAP isozymes of both parental species. The chromosome analysis revealed a considerable variation in chromosome number of somatic hybrids, showing the occurrence of multiple fusion and chromosome loss during the culture. Some of the hybrids flowered and set seeds.
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Terada, R., Yamashita, Y., Nishibayashi, S. et al. Somatic hybrids between Brassica oleracea and B. campestris: selection by the use of iodoacetamide inactivation and regeneration ability. Theoret. Appl. Genetics 73, 379–384 (1987). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00262504
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