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Say, I was thinking about the differences between Phrag. besseae and Phrag. dalessandroi. From the litterature Phrag. besseae has 24 chromosomes (and I have confirmed this myself from doing root squashes), while Phrag. dalessandroi has 28 chromosomes. Unfortunately we do not have any dalessandroi here at the nursery (that I know of), so my first question is has anyone else confirmed that dalessandroi indeed has a chromosome number of 28?
My second thought was (this is me as a Plant Breeder/Geneticist thinking). If it is true that besseae has 2n = 24 and dalessandroi has 2n = 28 chromosomes. This means that Phrag. Jersey has 2n = 26 chromosomes.
Number one this could be usefull to try to determine if an unknown plant is indeed Phrag. Jersey or one of the true species, but number 2 this means that this line of breeding (by crossing the 2 species with each other for multiple generations) will have a dead end. If you backcross Phrag. Jersey to either one of it's parents, say to Phrag. besseae the resulting hybrid will have 2n = 25 chromomosmes. If you cross it to Phrag. dalessandroi the resulting hybrid will have 2n = 27 chromosomes. Both Hybrids will have an uneven chromosome number. Usually plants that have an uneven chromosome number are sterile. Any thoughts about this, and does anyone know who has actually made these crosses?
Robert
My second thought was (this is me as a Plant Breeder/Geneticist thinking). If it is true that besseae has 2n = 24 and dalessandroi has 2n = 28 chromosomes. This means that Phrag. Jersey has 2n = 26 chromosomes.
Number one this could be usefull to try to determine if an unknown plant is indeed Phrag. Jersey or one of the true species, but number 2 this means that this line of breeding (by crossing the 2 species with each other for multiple generations) will have a dead end. If you backcross Phrag. Jersey to either one of it's parents, say to Phrag. besseae the resulting hybrid will have 2n = 25 chromomosmes. If you cross it to Phrag. dalessandroi the resulting hybrid will have 2n = 27 chromosomes. Both Hybrids will have an uneven chromosome number. Usually plants that have an uneven chromosome number are sterile. Any thoughts about this, and does anyone know who has actually made these crosses?
Robert