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Leaf mesophyll protoplasts of Solanum pinnatisectum (2n=24) γ-irradiated at doses of 200 Gy and consequently unable to divide were fused with untreated protoplasts of genomic chlorophyll deficient mutant IvP 841-1 (2n=24) containing the germplasms of S. tuberosum and S. phureja. Two types of plants differing in their pigmentation characteristics were selected. The regenerants of one group were identified as true somatic hybrids by using isozyme analyses of esterase and aspartate aminotransferase. The anthocyanin marker of S. pinnatisectum was phenotypically expressed in these regenerants and could be used as an additional selection trait for hybrid screening in this species combination. The regenerants of the second group were corrected for the gene controlling chlorophyll deficiency but contained species-specific isozymes of the potato cultivar only. Restriction analysis of chloroplast DNA revealed chloroplasts of the S. pinnatisectum type in all but one of the plants tested. The fusion experiments involving γ-irradiated protoplasts show that this approach in potato reconstruction has the advantage of producing a wide range of genetically novel plants.
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Sidorov, V.A., Zubko, M.K., Kuchko, A.A. et al. Somatic hybridization in potato: use of γ-irradiated protoplasts of Solanum pinnatisectum in genetic reconstruction. Theoret. Appl. Genetics 74, 364–368 (1987). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00274719
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