DEVELOPMENT AND SELECTION FOR APOMIXIS IN CASSAVA, MANIHOT-ESCULENTA CRANTZ

Authors
NASSAR NMA
Citation
Nma. Nassar, DEVELOPMENT AND SELECTION FOR APOMIXIS IN CASSAVA, MANIHOT-ESCULENTA CRANTZ, Canadian Journal of Plant Science, 74(4), 1994, pp. 857-858
Citations number
9
Categorie Soggetti
Plant Sciences",Agriculture
Journal title
Canadian Journal of Plant Science → ACNP
ISSN journal
00084220
Volume
74
Issue
4
Year of publication
1994
Pages
857 - 858
Database
ISI
SICI code
0008-4220(1994)74:4<857:DASFAI>2.0.ZU;2-T
Abstract
Apomixis provides fixation of heterosis and avoids contamination of se edlings by diseases. Observations on offspring uniformity for selected morphological characteristics and use of a marker gene in controlled crosses produced facultative apomictic lines in cassava. Cytogenetic a nalysis showed apomixis occurrence to be associated with aneuploidy an d interspecific hybridization.