THESIS
THESIS
THESIS
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2. Genetic relationships of Solanum spp. using interspecific hybridization<br />
Five collections of Solanum species at GRSU, AVRDC (Table 2) comprised<br />
of four accessions of S. melongena (S00022, S00388, S00625 and S00809), one<br />
accession each of S. torvum (S00429) and S. nigrum (TS02930), four accessions of S.<br />
americanum (S00269, S00859, S00861 and S00865) and three accessions of S.<br />
villosum were sown in seedling trays in the greenhouse. Seedlings were transplanted<br />
into black plastic pots (42 cm in diameter and 30 cm heigh) after 30 days after sowing<br />
(5 pots for each accession).<br />
Young flower buds of female parents were emasculated and bagged in a<br />
glassine bag, two days before anthesis at flowering stage to prevent self-pollination.<br />
Pollens were collected and stored at 4-5 °C. Hand-pollination was done when the<br />
stigma was receptive, then re-bagged and labeled. The pollination was done for 2 days<br />
after being emasculated and the crosses were made during 8.00-11.00 A.M. The intraand<br />
interspecific crosses pollinations were made in 169 crossing combinations:<br />
1. S. melongena x S. melongena<br />
2. S. melongena x S. torvum<br />
3. S. melongena x S. americanum<br />
4. S. melongena x S. villosum<br />
5. S. melongena x S. nigrum<br />
6. S. torvum x S. torvum<br />
7. S. torvum x S. americanum<br />
8. S. torvum x S. villosum<br />
9. S. torvum x S. nigrum<br />
10. S. americanum x S. americanum<br />
11. S. americanum x S. villosum<br />
12. S. americanum x S. nigrum<br />
13. S. villosum x S. villosum<br />
14. S. nigrum x S. nigrum and their reciprocal crossing.<br />
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