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Publication Date
1997
Location
Manitoba and Saskatchewan
Description
The objective of this research was the characterization at both molecular and phenotypic level of three somatic hybrid plants obtained by electrofusion of protoplasts of Medicago sativa with those of M.coerulea, M.falcata and M.arborea, three Medicago species in a different relation with alfalfa. Different kinds of rearrangements including the amplification of new spacer-length variants were detected at rDNA loci in the somatic hybrids. Analysis of field performances confirmed the suitability of these plants for breeding purposes.
Citation
Arcioni, S; Crea, F; Calderini, O; Damiani, F; Cluster, P D.; and Pupilli, F, "Gene Flow in Medicago Through Somatic Hybridization" (1997). IGC Proceedings (1985-2023). 51.
(URL: https://uknowledge.uky.edu/igc/1997/session4/51)
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Gene Flow in Medicago Through Somatic Hybridization
Manitoba and Saskatchewan
The objective of this research was the characterization at both molecular and phenotypic level of three somatic hybrid plants obtained by electrofusion of protoplasts of Medicago sativa with those of M.coerulea, M.falcata and M.arborea, three Medicago species in a different relation with alfalfa. Different kinds of rearrangements including the amplification of new spacer-length variants were detected at rDNA loci in the somatic hybrids. Analysis of field performances confirmed the suitability of these plants for breeding purposes.
