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Annals of Botany 92: 281-288, 2003
© 2003 Annals of Botany Company
New CMS-associated Phenotypes in Cybrids Nicotiana tabacum L. (+Hyoscyamus niger L.)
1 International Institute of Cell Biology, Zabolotnogo Str. 148, 252143 Kiev-143, Ukraine and 2 Institut für Pflanzengenetik und Kulturpflanzenforschung Gatersleben, IPK Corrensstrasse 3, 06466 Gatersleben, Germany
* For correspondence. E-mail mikhajlo.zubko{at}man.ac.uk
Received: 28 February 2003; Returned for revision: 11 April 2003; Accepted: 6 May 2003 Published electronically: 26 June 2003
Morphological characteristics were studied in cytoplasmic male sterile (CMS) cybrids possessing the tobacco nuclear genome, Hyoscyamus niger plastome and recombinant mitochondria. After backcrosses with tobacco, new flower modifications were found, including: conversions of stamens into branched filamentous structures; alterations in the shape of petals and the corolla limb; and high degrees of reduction in most flower organs. Vegetative alterations (leaf elongation and stem branching) occurred in some cybrids. Results confirmed that a protoplast fusion-based alloplasmic cytoplasm transfer, followed by conventional backcrosses, is a useful tool for generating alternative CMS sources with novel nucleo-cytoplasmic compositions. These alterations in the genetic status were accompanied by modified floral and vegetative phenotypes.
Key words: Nicotiana, Hyoscyamus, cybrids, CMS flowers, leaf development, nucleo-cytoplasmic incompatibility.
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