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Protoplasts from Pennisetum americanum resistant to S-2-amino-ethyl-l-cysteine (AEC) were fused with protoplasts of Panicum maximum utilizing polyethylene glycol-dimethylsulfoxide after inactivation of the Pennisetum protoplasts with 1 mM iodoacetic acid. The iodoacetate treatment prevented division of Pennisetum protoplasts; therefore, only Panicum protoplasts and heterokaryons potentially could give rise to colonies. A second level of selection was imposed by plating 3–4-week-old colonies on AEC medium. Putative somatic hybrid calli were analyzed for alcohol dehydrogenase, 6-phosphogluconate dehydrogenase, aminopeptidase, and shikimate dehydrogenase isozymes. Three somatic hybrid cell lines (lines 2, 3, and 67) were identified which showed two bands of alcohol dehydrogenase activity representing homodimers of P. maximum and P. americanum as well as a novel intermediate band of activity where Panicum-Pennisetum heterodimers would be expected. Aminopeptidase and shikimate dehydrogenase were useful for identifying presumptive hybrid calli but the isozyme patterns were additive-evidence which would not preclude the selection of chimeric callus. A more complex isozyme pattern which varied among the somatic hybrids was observed for 6-phosphogluconate dehydrogenase. In the hybrid calli, the presence of DNA sequences homologous to both P. maximum and P. americanum sequences was confirmed by hybridization of a maize ribosomal DNA probe to XbaI and EcoRI restriction fragments. Growth of hybrid lines on various concentrations of AEC was either similar to the AEC-resistant parent (hybrid line 2) or intermediate between the resistant and sensitive parents (hybrid lines 3, 67).
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Ozias-Akins, P., Ferl, R.J. & Vasil, I.K. Somatic hybridization in the gramineae: Pennisetum americanum (L.) K. Schum. (Pearl millet) +Panicum maximum Jacq. (Guinea grass). Mol Gen Genet 203, 365–370 (1986). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00422058
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