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Spontaneous interspecific hybrids were produced under natural conditions (pollination by wind and bees) between a male-sterile cybrid Brassica napus (AACC, 2n = 38) and two weeds Brassica adpressa (AdAd, 2n = 14) and Raphanus raphanistrum (RrRr, 2n = 18). After characterization by chromosome counts and isozyme analyses, we observed 512 and 3 734 inter-specific seeds per m2 for the B. napus-B. adpressa and B. napus-R. raphanistrum trials respectively. Most of the hybrids studied had the expected triploid structure (ACX). In order to quantify the frequency of allosyndesis between the genomes involved in the hybrids, their meiotic behavior was compared to a haploid of B. napus (AC). For the B. napus-B. adpressa hybrids, we concluded that probably no allosyndesis occurred between the two parental genomes, and that genetic factors regulating homoeologous chromosome pairing were carried by the B. adpressa genome. For the B. napus-R. raphanistrum hybrids, high chromosome pairing and the presence of multivalents (in 9.16% of the pollen mother cells) indicate that recombination is possible between chromosomes of different genomes. Pollen fertility of the hybrids ranged from 0 to 30%. Blackleg inoculation tests were performed on the three parental species and on the interspecific hybrids. BC1 production with the weeds and with rapeseed was attempted. Results are discussed in regard to the risk assessment of transgenic rapeseed cultivation, F1 hybrid rapeseed variety production, and rapeseed improvement.
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Eber, F., Chèvre, A.M., Baranger, A. et al. Spontaneous hybridization between a male-sterile oilseed rape and two weeds. Theoret. Appl. Genetics 88, 362–368 (1994). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00223646
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