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Intergeneric somatic hybrids, Trachystoma ballii (2n=16)+B. juncea (2n=38), were obtained by fusing mesophyll protoplasts of T. ballii and hypocotyl protoplasts of B. juncea using polyethylene glycol. The heterokaryotic fusion frequency was around 23%. Plants were regenerated from 10 out of 2×104 calli of which four were hybrids. Hybrids were intermediate between the parents in general morphology. However, in some characters one of the parents dominated. All the plants were symmetric in their chromosomal constitution as revealed by the formation of 26 bivalents at metaphase-I of meiosis. Two trivalents and 2 univalents were also observed in some pollen mother cells. Hybrid nature was also confirmed by ‘Southern’ hybridization of DNA of one regenerated plant restricted with Hind III and probed with the nick translated plasmid pTA71 carrying a wheat nuclear r-DNA sequence. Hybrid plant RT 1 showed bands characteristic of both parents. All the plants were absolutely pollen sterile. However, on backcrosses to B. juncea seeds were obtained.
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Kirti, P.B., Narasimhulu, S.B., Prakash, S. et al. Production and characterization of intergeneric somatic hybrids of Trachystoma ballii and Brassica juncea . Plant Cell Reports 11, 90–92 (1992). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00235260
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