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The results of extensive crosses between the non-tuberous species Solanum brevidens and S. etuberosum on the one hand and ten tuber-bearing Solanum species on the other are presented. Three crosses gave rise to viable progeny. Two progenies consisted of diploid plants only of the strictly self-incompatible species of the mother parent. One cross, viz. S. etuberosum × S. pinnatisectum, produced highly vigorous but fully male sterile F1 hybrids.
It is suggested that this hybrid together with those between the tomato, Lycopersicon esculentum, and S, pennellii and S. lycopersicoides constitute piers of a bridge between tomato and potato species which in the future might enable gene transfer between these two crops via their wild relatives. However, such idea has to be treated with all proper reserve.
The production of this new hybrid is the first step in making accessible to potato breeding the valuable genes which have been detected in S. brevidens and S. etuberosum, viz. the genes for high resistance to frost, leafroll and Y-virus.
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Hermsen, J.G.T., Taylor, L.M. Successful hybridization of non-tuberous Solanum etuberosum Lind. and tuberbearing S. pinnatisectum Dun. . Euphytica 28, 1–7 (1979). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00029166
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