Somaclonal variation inLotus corniculatusL. in relation to plant breeding purposes
✍ Scribed by F. Damiani; M. Pezzotti; S. Arcioni
- Book ID
- 104624949
- Publisher
- Springer
- Year
- 1990
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 528 KB
- Volume
- 46
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0014-2336
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✦ Synopsis
Seventy-two plants regenerated from leaf-derived calli of a single plant of Lotus corniculatus have been evaluated for several morphological and agronomical traits . The analysis of selfed and polycross progenies of the regenerants indicates that the variation among regenerants was, at least in part, of genetic origin . Most of the mutations induced by tissue culture were recessive and were detected only after sexual propagation .
Although in vitro culture had a depressive effect for most of the traits, the selfed progenies of 2 regenerants displayed higher values for leaflet width and seed yield than the selfed progeny of the initial plant . However the somaclonal variation did not increase the variation for any trait with respect to the variation of the donor cultivar of the initial plant .