The breeding system of Lycium cestroides: a Solanaceae with ovarian self-incompatibility |
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Authors: | R. Aguilar Gabriel Bernardello |
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Affiliation: | (1) Instituto Multidisciplinario de Biología Vegetal (UNC-CONICET), Casilla de Correo 495, 5000 Córdoba, Argentina, e-mail: ramaguilar@hotmail.com, Fax: +54-351-4332104, AR |
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Abstract: | To determine the breeding system of Lycium cestroides,several treatments were performed: self-, cross-, and geitonogamous pollinations, autonomous self-pollination, and a control (flowers exposed to natural pollinators). Production and quality of fruits and seeds as well as pollen tube growth were evaluated for each treatment. Experimental pollinations indicate that L. cestroides is self-incompatible since fruits were obtained only under cross-, and open-pollination treatments. However, in self- and geitonogamous hand pollinations, as well as in autonomous self-pollination, pollen tubes developed successfully and reached the ovules. The speed of pollen tube growth did not differ significantly among the different hand-pollinated flowers (cross-, self-, and geitonogamous). These facts indicate the presence of an ovarian self-incompatibility system. Significant differences were observed in fruit set, fruit size, and seed number per fruit between cross-pollinated flowers and open pollination (control). These results could be explained in terms of quantity and quality of pollination in each case. Received: 2 November 2000 / Revision accepted: 26 January 2001 |
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Keywords: | Solanaceae Lyciumcestroides Breeding system Pollen tube growth Ovarian self-incompatibility Fruit quality Seed set |
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