Interspecific Trifolium hybrids produced by embryo and ovule culture

• Published in: Crop science Vol. 30; no. 5
• Main Authors: Ferguson, N.H, Rupert, E.A, Evans, P.T
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: 01.09.1990
• Subjects: CULTIVO DE EMBRIONES; CULTIVO DE OVULOS; CULTURE D'EMBRYON; CULTURE D'OVULE; EMBRIONES VEGETALES; EMBRYON VEGETAL; HIBRIDACION INTERESPECIFICA; HIBRIDOS; HYBRIDATION INTERSPECIFIQUE; HYBRIDE; NOMBRE CHROMOSOMIQUE; NUMERO DE CROMOSOMAS; POLIPLOIDIA; POLYPLOIDIE; REGENERACION; REGENERATION; TRIFOLIUM; TRIFOLIUM HYBRIDUM; TRIFOLIUM NIGRESCENS; TRIFOLIUM REPENS

White or ladino clover (Trifolium repens L.) is an important forage or legume worldwide. However, lack of drought tolerance and disease resistance limit its usefulness. Although other Trifolium species express these traits, routine crossing to develop interspecific hybrids and introduce desirable tr...