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The production of F1 hybrid swedes (Brassica napus ssp. Rapifera) by the utilisation of self-incompatability

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Six inbred lines from a swede with naturally occurring self-incompatibility were each isolated with a swede cultivar containing marker genes. The percentage of intervarietal hybrids produced by the self-incompatible lines was between 97.4% and 99.6%, whereas in the self-compatible marker cultivar it varied between 7.2% and 26.8%. The F1 hybrids showed increases in dry matter yield of 11.5% to 28.8% over the higher parent.

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Gowers, S. The production of F1 hybrid swedes (Brassica napus ssp. Rapifera) by the utilisation of self-incompatability. Euphytica 23, 205–208 (1974). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00035859

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