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Experiments revealed that successful interspecific crosses both at diploid and tetraploid levels among Corchorus olitorius, C. capsularis and C. trilocularis were possible. The crosses between C. acutangulus with any of the above three species were not successful.
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Chaudhuri, S.D., Jabbar Mia, A. Species crosses in the genus Corchorus (jute plants). Euphytica 11, 61–64 (1962). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00044807
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00044807