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Ploidy reduction in blackberry

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Polyploidy in blackberries and ploidy differences between Rubus species are obstacles to the efficient introduction of valuable germplasm, both intra- and interspecific, into blackberry breeding programs. Expansion of the germplasm base would be facilitated by reducing the ploidy level of blackberry cultivars to the diploid level. In this report selection of twin seed, interspecific hybridization, and pollen irradiation were compared as methods in the recovery of dihaploids from tetraploid blackberry cultivars. One dihaploid was obtained through selection of twin seed and several were obtained following interspecific hybridization. The infrequency of twinning and difficulty in detecting twin seed in Rubus reduced the efficiency of this method. The efficiency with which dihaploids could be obtained following interspecific hybridization varied with the pollen parent. Reduced seed set and seed quality following pollinations with respectively R. parvifolius and R. hirsutus could be used to advantage in the recovery of dihaploids from blackberries. Ploidy reduction in several tetraploid blackberry cultivars was obtained following pollinations with 100 and 150 kR gamma irradiated pollen. Most of the seedlings obtained at the 50 kR dosage were aneuploid. Pollen irradiation at 150 kR was the most efficient method of obtaining dihaploids from tetraploid blackberries. Twenty percent of the seedlings obtained following this treatment were dihaploid.

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  1. Department of Horticulture, University of Maryland, College Park, MD, 20742, U.S.A

    S. Kristine Naess

  2. Department of Natural Resource Sciences and Landscape Architecture, 2134 Plant Sciences Building, University of Maryland, College Park, MD, 20742, U.S.A

    Harry Jan Swartz

  3. Soybean and Alfalfa Research Lab, USDA-ARS, Beltsville, MD, 20705, U.S.A

    Gary R. Bauchan

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Naess, S.K., Swartz, H.J. & Bauchan, G.R. Ploidy reduction in blackberry. Euphytica 99, 57–73 (1998). https://doi.org/10.1023/A:1018372709235

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