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Reduction of ploidy level of tetraploid large-flowered garden pansies (Viola x wittrockiana Gams.) to diploid level after crossing with diploid V. tricolor L.

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A method of breeding diploid garden pansies is described. The importance of diploid populations for the breeding of garden pansies is stressed, especially with respect to the creation of hybrid varieties. The occurrence of fertile aneuploids in the various generations is related to the composite genome of Viola tricolor L.

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End werkwijze voor het kweken van diploide violen wordt beschreven. Het belang van diploide violen in de veredeling van de tuinviool wordt besproken, speciaal in verband met de teelt van hybriderassen. Het optreden van fertiele aneuploiden in de diverse generaties wordt in verband gebracht met het samengestelde genoom van V. tricolor L.

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  1. Institute for Horticultural Plant Breeding (IVT), Wageningen, the Netherlands

    G. H. Kroon

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Kroon, G.H. Reduction of ploidy level of tetraploid large-flowered garden pansies (Viola x wittrockiana Gams.) to diploid level after crossing with diploid V. tricolor L.. Euphytica 21, 165–170 (1972). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00036756

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