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Self-incompatibility and interspecific incompatibility: relationships in intra- and interspecific crosses of Zinnia elegans Jacq. and Z. angustifolia HBK (Compositae)

Self-incompatibility and interspecific incompatibility: relationships in intra- and interspecific... 122 73 73 2 2 T. H. Boyle D. P. Stimart Department of Horticulture University of Maryland 20742 College Park MD USA Department of Plant and Soil Sciences French Hall, University of Massachusetts 01003 Amherst MA USA Summary Intraspecific and reciprocal interspecific crosses involving Zinnia angustifolia clones and Z. elegans lines showed that in both species, sporophytic self-incompatibility (SI) systems were present. Intensity of SI varied among clones and lines, and high self seed set was associated with a concomitant decrease in callose fluorescence in papillae and pollen tubes. Incomplete stigmatic inhibition of pollen germination and tube growth was observed in reciprocal interspecific crosses and associated with callose synthesis, suggesting S-gene activity. Seed set and progeny obtained following Z. angustifolia × Z. elegans matings was comparable to intraspecific compatible matings of Z. angustifolia although the rate of pollen tube growth through the style was slower. In Z. elegans × Z. angustifolia matings, additional prezygotic barriers were present and acted between pollen tube penetration of the stigma and syngamy. SI X SI interspecific incompatibility was essentially unilateral, with no embryos or progeny obtained when Z. elegans was the pistillate parent. It was hypothesized that nonfunctioning of Z. elegans × Z. angustifolia crosses was due to S-gene expression at the stigmatic surface and to other isolating mechanisms in the stylar or ovarian transmitting tissue. http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png TAG Theoretical and Applied Genetics Springer Journals

Self-incompatibility and interspecific incompatibility: relationships in intra- and interspecific crosses of Zinnia elegans Jacq. and Z. angustifolia HBK (Compositae)

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Springer Journals
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Copyright © 1986 by Springer-Verlag
Subject
Life Sciences; Biotechnology; Agriculture; Biochemistry, general; Plant Biochemistry; Plant Sciences; Plant Genetics & Genomics
ISSN
0040-5752
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1432-2242
DOI
10.1007/BF00289290
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24240866
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122 73 73 2 2 T. H. Boyle D. P. Stimart Department of Horticulture University of Maryland 20742 College Park MD USA Department of Plant and Soil Sciences French Hall, University of Massachusetts 01003 Amherst MA USA Summary Intraspecific and reciprocal interspecific crosses involving Zinnia angustifolia clones and Z. elegans lines showed that in both species, sporophytic self-incompatibility (SI) systems were present. Intensity of SI varied among clones and lines, and high self seed set was associated with a concomitant decrease in callose fluorescence in papillae and pollen tubes. Incomplete stigmatic inhibition of pollen germination and tube growth was observed in reciprocal interspecific crosses and associated with callose synthesis, suggesting S-gene activity. Seed set and progeny obtained following Z. angustifolia × Z. elegans matings was comparable to intraspecific compatible matings of Z. angustifolia although the rate of pollen tube growth through the style was slower. In Z. elegans × Z. angustifolia matings, additional prezygotic barriers were present and acted between pollen tube penetration of the stigma and syngamy. SI X SI interspecific incompatibility was essentially unilateral, with no embryos or progeny obtained when Z. elegans was the pistillate parent. It was hypothesized that nonfunctioning of Z. elegans × Z. angustifolia crosses was due to S-gene expression at the stigmatic surface and to other isolating mechanisms in the stylar or ovarian transmitting tissue.

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Published: Dec 1, 1986

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