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Germination trials of pollen grains of the tea hybrid rose cultivars: ‘Ferry Porche’, ‘Bronze Masterpiece’, ‘Queen Elizabeth’, ‘John F. Kennedy’ and ‘Lady X’, were carried outin vitro, to determine whether these cultivars are suitable as pollen donors in a breeding programme.
Pollen grains of all five cultivars germinated poorly in a medium containing sucrose only. Addition of boric acid in the medium improved the germination percentages. The highest germinability was observed in ‘Ferry Porche’ and ‘Lady X’ on 15% sucrose+50 ppm boric acid, and 20% sucrose+100 ppm boric acid, respectively. Addition of calcium nitrate in the medium reduced germination percentages in all cultivars.
The effect of pH of the medium on pollen grain germinability depended on the cultivar and the composition of the medium. On a medium free of boric acid, the pH values between 5.5 and 7.0 caused a significant increase in the germination percentages of pollen grains of ‘Lady X’ and ‘Queen Elizabeth’. The addition of boric acid decreased the responsiveness of the pollen of all cultivars to the pH changes of the medium.
The germination capacity of pollen grains of ‘Lady X’ and ‘Ferry Porche’ was not affected by incubation temperatures ranging between 20°C and 30°C.
On the basis of the above results ‘Lady X’ and ‘Ferry Porche’ are considered the most suitable for pollen donors.
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Voyiatzi, C.I. An assessment of thein vitro germination capacity of pollen grains of five tea hybrid rose cultivars. Euphytica 83, 199–204 (1995). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01678130
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