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The improvement of perennial fruit trees through traditional breedingmethods is a long-term effort because of their long generation time. Theproduction of haploid and doubled haploid plants should offer newpossibilities for genetic studies and breeding work. In this study, haploidclones of pear were treated in vitro by oryzalin for chromosomedoubling; the level of ploidy was assessed by flow cytometry. Oryzalinappeared to be an efficient agent for chromosome doubling, the optimalconcentrations range from 200 to 300 μM. For homozygosityassessment, analyses of isozyme markers were carried out, together withmicrosatellite markers PCR-amplified with primers initially developed forapple. The use of isozyme markers confirmed homozygosity of all thedoubled haploid clones except for one. The microsatellite markers can beused earlier than isozymes for checking homozygosity during theprogramme of haploid and doubled haploid clones production. Truedoubled haploid clones of pear were obtained in less than one year andtheir acclimatisation in greenhouse has already started.
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Bouvier, L., Guérif, P., Djulbic, M. et al. Chromosome doubling of pear haploid plants and homozygosity assessment using isozyme and microsatellite markers. Euphytica 123, 255–262 (2002). https://doi.org/10.1023/A:1014998019674
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