THESIS
THESIS
THESIS
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2.2 Ploidy levels determination<br />
The histogram obtained after flow cytometric analysis was reported in<br />
Figure 13 to 18. The DNA content of S00022 accession of S. melongena was used as<br />
internal reference standard for the estimation of nuclear genome size in this studied.<br />
The expected for genome size accession S00022 was diploid (2n). The other Solanum<br />
accessions and their interspecific hybrids were measured with reference to the<br />
accession S00022 of S. melongena.<br />
The genome sizes of various Solanum species showed significant<br />
differences (Figure 13 to 18). S. melongena (2n), S. torvum (2n) and S. americanum<br />
(2n) had the small genome size, while S. villosum (4n) had genome size bigger than S.<br />
melongena, S. torvum and S. americanum but still smaller than S. nigrum (6n). As<br />
expected, the hexaploid (6n) species had more nuclear DNA than tetraploid (4n) and<br />
diploid (2n) species. Significant differences in DNA content between cultivated and<br />
wild species have been found in some other plant such as Capsicum annuum and C.<br />
baccatum (Bennett and Smith, 1976), Piper nigrum, P. betle and P. longum (Samuel<br />
et al., 1986), Glycine species (Yamamoto and Nagato, 1984) and rice species<br />
(Martinez et al. 1994).<br />
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The histogram of flow cytometer showed the DNA content of their nuclei.<br />
In case of S. melongena genome size was expected to be diploid. Genome sizes of all<br />
accessions of S. melongena are shown to be diploid (Figure 13). The interspecific<br />
hybrids of S. melongena and its wild relative was showed in Figure 13, which the<br />
histrogram of hybrids between S. melongena x S. torvum from S00625 x S00429 and<br />
S00809 x S00429, the hybrids between S. melongena x S. villosum from S00809 x<br />
S00860 and their parents. This figure represented the result of the hybrid from S00625<br />
x S00429 and S00809 x S00429 had same level ploidy with their parents. This due to<br />
S. melongena and S. torvum are diploid species when both species were crossed, the<br />
hybrids should be diploid. This results confirm that both hybrids are true intertspecific<br />
hybrids. In contrast the hybrid between S. melongena x S. villosum (S00809 x