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Analysis of Somatic Hybrids and Cybrids Obtained by Fusion of Brassica rapa and B. oleracea

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Somatic Hybridization in Crop Improvement I

Part of the book series: Biotechnology in Agriculture and Forestry ((AGRICULTURE,volume 27))

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Abstract

Brassica species, particularly B. rapa (syn. B. campestris), B. oleracea, and B. napus, have been extensively used in protoplast fusion experiments, for several reasons. These species have great economic value, because they include important vegetables (cabbage, broccoli, cauliflower, brussels sprouts, kale, etc., in B. oleracea) as well as oilseeds (in B. napus, B. rapa). Brassica is also a relatively tractable genus in vitro. There are substantial variations in regenerability from expiants and protoplasts both within and among species (with B. rapa still largely recalcitrant), but the good response of many B. oleracea and B. napus lines favors recovery of plants from fusion products. Furthermore, protoplast fusion is well suited as a solution to several horticultural and agronomic problems encountered with Brassica crops.

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Earle, E.D. (1994). Analysis of Somatic Hybrids and Cybrids Obtained by Fusion of Brassica rapa and B. oleracea . In: Bajaj, Y.P.S. (eds) Somatic Hybridization in Crop Improvement I. Biotechnology in Agriculture and Forestry, vol 27. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-57945-5_20

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