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Breaking breeding barriers in Lycopersicon. 2. Breakdown of self-incompatibility in L. peruvianum (L.) Mill.

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Attempts were made to break the self-incompatibility in L. peruvianum by selection of mutated S-alleles through large-scale self-pollination on clones with pollen which was mutagenically treated in different stages of development. Besides self-compatibility was searched for in inbred lines.

The self-incompatibility in L. peruvianum was found to be very strict indeed. From more than 22,000 self-pollinations on 5 clones 1527 seeds were obtained, seed set being very erratic. The possible causes of this seed set are discussed. From 1527 seeds 1036 plants were raised and tested for self-compatibility.

In the progenies of 4 clones from 823 plants tested, 7 were more or less self-compatible. It is concluded that this self-compatibility was spontaneous and not the result of the mutagenic treatment.

In the progeny of the fifth clone plants were found which reacted as self-compatible at a temperature of about 40°C and as self-incompatible at lower temperatures. It is suggested that this character—a high temperature sensitive incompatibility reaction—is governed by one recessive gene.

In inbred lines plants were found with a stable form of self-compatibility and also plants with a high temperature sensitive incompatibility reaction.

The problems of an incompatibility research on inbred material are discussed. A brief survey is given of some of the characters found in inbred L. peruvianum.

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Hogenboom, N.G. Breaking breeding barriers in Lycopersicon. 2. Breakdown of self-incompatibility in L. peruvianum (L.) Mill. . Euphytica 21, 228–243 (1972). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00036763

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